Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006)
- Directed by
- Chris Paine
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Rated
- G
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 203 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary looks at why early electric cars like the General Motors EV1 were taken off the road. It points fingers at car companies, oil interests, and government decisions.
investigativefrustratinginformativethought-provokingpolemicalurgentfast-paced
What happens
Who Killed the Electric Car? is a 2006 American documentary film directed by Chris Paine that explores the creation, limited commercialization and subsequent destruction of the battery electric vehicle in the United States, specifically the General Motors EV1 of the mid-1990s. The film explores the roles of automobile manufacturers, the oil industry, the federal government of the United States, the California government, batteries, hydrogen vehicles and consumers in limiting the development and adoption of this technology. After a premiere at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, it was released theatrically by Sony Pictures Classics on June 28, 2006. A follow-up documentary, Revenge of the Electric Car, was released in 2011. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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