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'Who Killed the Electric Car?' will get you fired up
by John DeFore

Electric cars. They were a utopian fantasy, right? Nope. For a few brief years, a small fleet of electric vehicles cruised the highways in California, where regulations had been passed to promote their development. But when the leases expired, automakers refused to sell these cars to the converted customers. They collected them and trucked them out to the desert — where these technological marvels were crushed, then shredded into metal and glass confetti. Read the full review

TO SUM UP
Fashioned like a tongue-in-cheek murder mystery, the documentary sets out to uncover just who is responsible for the demise of GM's much-loved EV-1, which was among the most efficient production cars ever built. It ran on electricity, produced no emissions and catapulted American technology to the forefront of the automotive industry.

FILM FACTS ...

Sony Pictures Classics

'Who Killed the Electric Car?'

Director: Chris Paine
Cast: Martin Sheen, Dave Barthmuss, Jim Boyd, Alec N. Brooks, Alan Cocconi
Run time: 90 minutes
Release date: June 28, 2006
Rating: PG for brief mild language.
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READ THE REVIEW

Austin American-Statesman: 4 of 5 stars
"... not a movie designed to put viewers at ease, and thank goodness."