Who Killed the Electric Car?
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| Directed by | Chris Paine |
| Produced by | Jessie Deeter |
| Written by | Chris Paine |
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Tom Hanks (from a recording) Mel Gibson Chelsea Sexton Ralph Nader Joseph J. Romm Phyllis Diller |
| Narrated by | Martin Sheen |
| Music by | Michael Brook |
| Cinematography | Thaddeus Wadleigh |
| Edited by | Michael Kovalenko Chris A. Peterson |
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| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Classics |
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Sundance Film Festival January 23, 2006 United States June 28, 2006 United Kingdom August 4, 2006 Australia November 2, 2006 |
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Running time
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92 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1,764,304 (worldwide) |
Who Killed the Electric Car? is a 2006 documentary film that explores the creation, limited commercialization, and subsequent destruction of the battery electric vehicle in the United States, specifically the General Motors EV1 of the mid-1990s. The film explores the roles of automobile manufacturers, the oil industry, the federal government of the United States, the California government, batteries, hydrogen vehicles, and consumers in limiting the development and adoption of this technology.
After a premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, it was released theatrically by Sony Pictures Classics in June, 2006 and then on DVD by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on November 14, 2006.
During an interview with CBS News, director Chris Paine announced that he had started a new documentary about electric cars with a working title of Who Saved the Electric Car?, later renamed Revenge of the Electric Car, which had its world premiere at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival on Earth Day, April 22, 2011.
The film deals with the history of the electric car, its modern development, and commercialization. The film focuses primarily on the General Motors EV1, which was made available for lease mainly in Southern California, after the California Air Resources Board (CARB) passed the Zero-emissions vehicle (ZEV) mandate in 1990 which required the seven major automobile suppliers in the United States to offer electric vehicles in order to continue sales of their gasoline powered vehicles in California. Nearly 5000 electric cars were designed and manufactured by Chrysler, the Ford Motor Company, General Motors (GM), Honda, Nissan, and Toyota; and then later destroyed or donated to museums and educational institutions. Also discussed are the implications of the events depicted for air pollution, oil dependency, Middle East politics, and global warming.
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