Who Killed the Electric Car?

Who Killed the Electric Car?

Release Date: 2006-08-04

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.

Rating: 7.232 / 10

Cast

Martin Sheen

Martin Sheen

as Narrator (voice)

Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson

as Self

Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks

as Self (archive footage)

Reverend Gadget

Reverend Gadget

as Self (as Greg 'Gadget' Abbott)

Crew

  • Chris Paine - Director

  • Chris Paine - Writer

  • Alex Gibney - Consulting Producer

Reviews

rsanek:

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 ...

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