Who Killed the Electric Car [2006]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0489037/




Who Killed the Electric Car?



Directed by Chris Paine

Written by Chris Paine

Starring Tom Hanks(from a recording)

Mel Gibson

Chelsea Sexton

Ralph Nader

Joseph J. Romm

Phyllis Diller

Narrated by Martin Sheen



Distributed by Sony Pictures Classics

Running time 92 min.

Language English



Who Killed the Electric Car? is a 2006 documentary film that explores the birth, limited commercialization, and subsequent death of the battery electric vehicle in the United States, specifically the General Motors EV1 of the 1990s. The film explores the roles of automobile manufacturers, the oil industry, the US government, batteries, hydrogen vehicles, and consumers in limiting the development and adoption of this technology.



It was released on DVD to the home video market on November 14, 2006 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.



During an interview with CBS News, director Chris Paine announced that he would be making a sequel called Who Saved the Electric Car?[1]



http://www.sonyclassics.com/whokilledtheelectriccar/