Who Killed the Electric Car? poster

Who Killed the Electric Car?

A lack of consumer confidence... or conspiracy?

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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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Status
Released
Budget
$1M
Box office
$1.7M
Language
English
Part of Electric Car Collection · 2 films
  • energy supply
  • automobile industry

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Chris Paine

Produced in

United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereSundance Film Festival23 Jan 2006
    • Theatrical4 Aug 2006
  • JapanJP

    • Digital / OTTG20 Aug 2008
  • SwedenSE

    • TheatricalPG2 Sept 2007

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Who Killed the Electric Car? was released on 4 August 2006.

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    rsanek

    7/27/2020

    7/10

    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 the end of the movie, the creators assess that essentially everyone, including car companies, oil companies, CARB, even …

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