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.
MovieMagicScore Overview
Auto-generatedWho Killed the Electric Car? (2006), directed by Chris Paine, is an investigative documentary about a vanished technology. It charts the arrival of electric cars on California roads in the late 1990s, quiet, fast, and gas-free, and the puzzling forces that led to their destruction barely a decade later. Pointed and inquisitive, the film weighs the roles of industry, policy, and consumer culture in shaping which innovations survive. Themes of technology, environmental responsibility, and corporate interest drive its argument. Recommended for viewers interested in environmental and consumer-affairs documentaries. It holds a MagicMovieScore of 7.3.
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Trailer
Top Cast
Martin Sheen
Narrator (voice)
Mel Gibson
Self
Chelsea Sexton
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Tom Hanks
Self (archive footage)
Reverend Gadget
Self (as Greg 'Gadget' Abbott)
Ed Begley Jr.
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Movie Info
Release Date
August 4, 2006
Runtime
1h 32m
Genres
Documentary
Director