Who Killed the Electric Car? poster

Who Killed the Electric Car?( 2006)

TV-MADocumentary
73%
User
Score

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. cast image

      Martin Sheen

      Narrator (voice)

    2. cast image

      Mel Gibson

      Self

    3. cast image

      Chelsea Sexton

      Self

    4. cast image

      Tom Hanks

      Self (archive footage)

    5. cast image

      Reverend Gadget

      Self (as Greg 'Gadget' Abbott)

    6. cast image

      Ed Begley Jr.

      Self

    Social

    Review 1Discussion
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    A review by rsanek

    7
    Written by rsanek on Mon 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 st...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    1000000.00

    Revenue

    1678874.00

    Keywords

    • energy supply
    • automobile industry