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Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006)

04/08/2006 (US)Documentary1h 32m
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A lack of consumer confidence... or conspiracy?

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

    1. Martin Sheen

      Martin Sheen

      Narrator (voice)

    2. Mel Gibson

      Mel Gibson

      Self

    3. Chelsea Sexton

      Self

    4. Tom Hanks

      Tom Hanks

      Self (archive footage)

    5. Reverend Gadget

      Self (as Greg 'Gadget' Abbott)

    6. Ed Begley Jr.

      Ed Begley Jr.

      Self

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    A review by rsanek

    7.0
    Written by rsanek on Jul 27, 2020

    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 the end of the movie, the creators assess that essentially everyone, including car companies, oil companies, CARB, even consumers (!) are to blame for electric's downfall. I think you could convince me of car & oil companies, but it's a real stretch to say that a regulator that simply didn't adopt s...

    StatusReleased

    Original LanguageEnglish

    Budget$1,000,000.00

    Revenue$1,678,874.00

    Keywords

    • energy supply
    • automobile industry