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Who Killed the Electric Car?
A lack of consumer confidence... or conspiracy?
A lack of consumer confidence... or conspiracy?
Documentary - 2006
Who Killed the Electric Car?
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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.
Director:
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Chris Paine
Cast:
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Tom Hanks
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Mel Gibson
,
Martin Sheen
,
Chelsea Sexton

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Rated:
PG
Runtime:
92 min
Release date:
4 Aug 2006
Country:
US
Languages:
French, Hungarian, English
Budget:
$1,000,000
Revenue:
$1,678,874
Awards:
4 nominations

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
... an entertaining but sometimes disingenuous documentary ...
– Roger Moore,
Orlando Sentinel,
13 Aug 2006
fresh:
It's liable to get people hopping mad, whether or not they buy Paine's overarching conspiracy theory.
– Andrew O'Hehir,
Salon.com,
7 Oct 2006
fresh:
Filmmaker Chris Paine's postmortem on the EV1s doesn't answer all our questions, but it is reasonably evenhanded and quite entertaining.
– Colin Covert,
Minneapolis Star Tribune,
30 Oct 2006
fresh:
Chris Paine's documentary about General Motors' development and withdrawal of the innovative, environment-friendly EV1 automobile is bound to reverberate with anyone who's fallen in love with a product only to see it irrevocably yanked from the market.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
21 Mar 2008
rotten:
Another few of these squandered opportunities for art-house muckraking and we'll need someone to ask who killed the left-wing documentary.
– Rob Nelson,
Village Voice,
27 Aug 2009
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