Who Killed the Electric Car?

A lack of consumer confidence... or conspiracy?

APPROPIATE

2006 / 92min.

Rating7.269

Genres

Documentary

Synopsis

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.

Directors

Actors

Tom Hanks

Mel Gibson

Martin Sheen

Ed Begley Jr.

Reverend Gadget

Chelsea Sexton

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