Who Killed the Electric Car?

[Pennyworth]

I haven't seen the movie yet, but its my guess its of the same family plot who killed Kennedy... you don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure this one out....(rockefeller and company)



Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006)



The year is 1990. California is in a pollution crisis. Smog threatens public health. Desperate for a solution, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) targets the source of its problem: auto exhaust. Inspired by a recent announcement from General Motors about an electric vehicle prototype, the Zero Emissions Mandate (ZEV) is born. It required 2% of new vehicles sold in California to be emission-free by 1998, 10% by 2003. It is the most radical smog-fighting mandate since the catalytic converter. With a jump on the competition thanks to it speed-record-breaking electric concept car, GM launches its EV1 electric vehicle in 1996. It was a revolutionary modern car, requiring no gas, no oil changes, no mufflers, and rare brake maintenance (a billion-dollar industry unto itself). A typical maintenance checkup for the EV1 consisted of replenishing the windshield washer fluid and a tire rotation. But the fanfare surrounding the EV1's launch disappeared and the cars followed. Was it lack of consumer demand as carmakers claimed, or were other persuasive forces at work? Fast forward to 6 years later--the fleet is gone. EV charging stations dot the California landscape like tombstones, collecting dust and spider webs. How could this happen? Did anyone bother to examine the evidence? Yes, in fact, someone did. And it was murder.

Also Known As: EV Confidential

Production Status: Released

Genres: Documentary

Running Time: 1 hr. 30 min.

Release Date: June 28th, 2006 (NY/LA)

MPAA Rating: PG for brief mild language.

Distributors: Sony Pictures Classics

Production Co.: Electric Entertainment, Plinyminor, Papercut Films

U.S. Box Office: $1,215,628

Produced in: United States

[Johan van Leeuwen]

Thanks Paul, seems interesting.
Yet another conspiracy
see also: http://www.sonyclassics.com/whokilledtheelectriccar/

It seems that the ev's are coming back though:
http://www.teslamotors.com/

[Johan van Leeuwen]

What GM has to say about it:
http://www.gm.com/company/onlygm/fastlane_Blog_2.html