Who Killed the Electric Car?
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Who Killed the Electric Car?

20061h 32mDocumentary
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Story Line

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.

A lack of consumer confidence... or conspiracy?

Top Cast

Martin Sheen

Martin Sheen

Self - Narrator (voice)

Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson

Self

Chelsea Sexton

Self

Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks

Self (archive footage)

Reverend Gadget

Self

Ed Begley Jr.

Ed Begley Jr.

Self

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Rating

7.2/ 10

Release Date

2006-08-04

Runtime

1h 32m

Genres

Documentary

Part of the Series

Electric Car Collection

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User Reviews (1)

rsanek

7/10
7/27/2020
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 ...