

Who Killed the Electric Car?
A lack of consumer confidence... or conspiracy?
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
- energy supply
- automobile industry
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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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1- R7/10
rsanek
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 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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