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Who Killed the Electric Car?

Movie
2006
1h 32m
PG
English
Documentary
User Score: 
7.7
Critic Score: 
80
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In 1996, electric cars began to appear on roads all over California. They were quiet and fast, produced no exhaust, and ran without gasoline... Ten years later, these cars were destroyed.
Who Killed the Electric Car Poster

Who Killed the Electric Car?

PG
Movie
2006
1h 32m
English
Documentary
In 1996, electric cars began to appear on roads all over California. They were quiet and fast, produced no exhaust, and ran without gasoline... Ten years later, these cars were destroyed.
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Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006) on IMDb
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80

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Martin Sheen
Narrator (voice)
Tom Hanks
Self (archive footage)
Reverend Gadget
Self (as Greg 'Gadget' Abbott)
Directed By: Chris Paine
Written By: Chris Paine

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Ovation says...
one year ago
A very good film chronicling this moment in the history of the modern electric car. It does appear a bit biased in only mentioning the limitations of EVs at the time in passing, but IMO very accurate in their account of all the other factors and events that took place. It's interesting to look back, even in this day and age where it seems like electrics have resurrected and proven their viability, even in part, though skepticism remains amid the many solutions still being proposed for clean energy. More proof that a good idea can't really be "killed".
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rsanek
4 years ago
Interesting albeit very biased perspective on early electric car attempts. The film could have spent more time on describing the older electric car technology -- I was unaware that in the early 1900s there were, in fact, already cars that didn't run just on gasoline. I found it laughable when, near More
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