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Who Killed the Electric Car?

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Original title: Who Killed the Electric Car?
Year: 2006
Running time: 92 min.
Country: United States
Director: Chris Paine
Screenwriter: Chris Paine
Cast: Documentary
Music: Michael Brook
Cinematography: Thaddeus Wadleigh
Producer: Plinyminor, Electric Entertainment, Papercut Films
Genre: Documentary | Car Movies. Science Documentary
Synopsis: Filmmaker Chris Payne explores the many factors that played into the ultimate failure of the electric car to catch on with consumers, even as gas prices began to skyrocket, in a thoughtful meditation on the increasingly important role that renewable energy plays in modern society. Introduced as a means of providing an alternative to increasing oil consumption and reducing pollution in 1996, the electric car was an all-but-forgotten memory only a decade later -- but why? Through interviews with consumer advocacy experts, automotive industry experts, and oil industry heavyweights, Payne paints a thought-provoking picture of a culture whose aversion to change and reliance on dwindling resources may be rooted in the financial concerns of a wealthy few, and may also be leading consumers down a troubling path.

Awards: 2006: Nominated for Critics' Choice Awards: Best Documentary Feature

2006: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Nominated for Best Documentary Screenplay

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