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Who Killed the Electric Car?

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2006
1h 32m
English
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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.
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Who Killed the Electric Car?

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2006
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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.
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Cast

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Martin Sheen
Narrator (voice)
Mel Gibson
Chelsea Sexton
Tom Hanks
Self (archive footage)
Reverend Gadget
Self (as Greg 'Gadget' Abbott)
Ed Begley Jr
Directed By: Chris Paine
Written By: Chris Paine

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Ovation says...
8 months ago
A very good film chronicling this moment in the history of the modern electric car. It does appear a bit biased in only mentioning the limitations of EVs at the time in passing, but IMO very accurate in their account of all the other factors and events that took place. It's interesting to look back, even in this day and age where it seems like electrics have resurrected and proven their viability, even in part, though skepticism remains amid the many solutions still being proposed for clean energy. More proof that a good idea can't really be "killed".
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rsanek
4 years ago
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 More
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