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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 futuristic cars were almost entirely gone. What happened? Why should we be haunted by the ghost of the electric car? more info
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A must see
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
You must see this to beleave it, and people don’t understand why GM is in such trouble. They have there own answer to there problem yet do nothing about it. I wonder if President Oboma knows about this????
The Best Documentary
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This is by far the best documentary I have ever watched. I bought several copies to give away as gifts. It expains clearly why we don’t have zero-emmission vehicles on the road. EV’s work, and work well. Also, in the extras it explains why a Hydrogen future is a waste of time and money trying to develop. It is terrible that this technology is here, and proven, yet not on the road.
A non-traditional whodunit and second chances…
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
“Who Killed the Electric Car?”, directed by Chris Paine, is a documentary, but also a non-traditional whodunit. The victim, in this case, is the electric car, but also every person who was robbed of the possibility of contributing to a cleaner environment by owning a battery operated car. The culprits are many, and they include the oil industry, greedy car companies, the US government, the Californian government, regulatory agencies and even consumers drawn to flashier cars.
In order to understand what happened, Chris Paine follows the process that goes from the creation and limited production of a specific type of electric car, General Motors’ EV1, to the sad and senseless destruction of every vehicle of that car model. He puts events into context, and interviews, among others, activists that tried to keep the EV1 alive, consumers that loved that model, and engineers and technicians that created the technology that made the EV1 possible.
After watching this documentary, you cannot help but realize that a big opportunity was squandered by those who were thinking short term. Thankfully, life always gives second chances. Let’s do better.
Highly recommended!
Belen Alcat
Great Movie about nothing but greed……
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
It showed me how the system worked – money – the more you have the more you can control – in this movie you will see cover ups, greed, fraud, and more from gm to the White House. Till this day we have and never will buy GM products any more. Gm shredded its electric cars after the California mandate was forced to be drooped by the oil tycoons in the white house. Toyota was the only company to continue its line and look where they are today. It is no surprise that a HYBRID is so named – GM purchased the controlling interest in the nimh technology from Stan Ovinski – then – placed a patent on it and said that if anyone would like to use the NiMh batteries in their cars – they would have to be 50% gas and 50% electric – that is forced by GM. They have a battery that a car ran over 300 miles – check out the T-ZERO – they have a newer model out now but the car company’s are in bed with the oil company’s so they wont put their batteries in the cars – except TOYOTA. I I will never buy a USA auto again.
Great documentary
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I have not seen a documentary in a long time that has made me call-to-arms angry like Who Killed the Electric Car. Recent, and prophetic in showing what is going on right now as far as the auto makers go. The doc makes me want to join the Electric Posse!
Great documentary
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Our country is doomed to fascist government control and this DVD is just one way to prove it. I don’t care if you are liberal or conservative, we are living in desperate times and when the government and corporations get together to destroy the electric car, you can see it as plain as the nose on your face.
The electric car
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
Very informative video on why the electric car has not advanced much further than it should in the United States. It would be nice if there was a follow up video that shows the same or different trends in other countries.
Who killed the Electric Car?
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
Definitely worth watching if you are interested in the true story about the way our government really works, straight from the bed of big business and lobbyist!
The World is waiting for The Electric Car.
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Back in mid 90s when I was in elementary school, there were newspaper articles about researchers working on electric cars and batteries. My dad was an engineer and told me about all the wonderful stories about running vehicles on electricity without any pollution or noise. At the time I didn’t know any better, but accepted it a viable alternative at the time. Within several years however, almost all researches were discontinued and nobody heard about them until recently.
I was pleasantly surprised to find out about EV-1 as I started watching this documentary. I didn’t even know that EV-1 existed as early as 2001. At the very first sight of the car, I was totally into it. It was the first time I ever fell in love with a car. Soon they killed it, and we let them did it.
Why are these people so crazy about buying regular hybrid cars that cannot even go over 50 miles per gallon and paying thousands of dollars for it? We have a superior technology that offers much high efficiency and pollution free driving experience.
IGNORE THIS ISSUE AND SACRIFICE YOUR CHILDREN’S FUTURE OVER SOME CONVENIENCE, YOU WILL LOSE BOTH BEFORE YOUR TIME IS UP.
conscientious cars should exist everyday
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
An incredible achievement in documentary storytelling, this film should be seen by everyone. Why did automakers discontinue producing electric cars? And, more importantly, why did GM pull the perfectly-functioning existing electric cars off the road? And what’s the future: Is it the overhyped hydrogen duel cell vehicles or the more reasonable electric plug-in hybrids that are already on the road?
GM — Now Reaping What They Have Sown
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This is an excellent, thought-provoking, revealing film detailing the truth behind what really drives the auto industry (and all big business in this country). Contrary to what most Americans believe, we are NOT a democracy. Unfortunately, our country is dollar-driven and short-sighted; guided by greedy CEO’s who want to eke out every last penny they can from every last drop of oil they can suck from the earth before even entertaining the thought of pursuing alternative, renewable energy resources. Shame on you, GM! You had an opportunity to make a difference; to be on the cutting edge–the forefront of a new era–and you blew it! You got what you deserved and never should have been bailed out.
Give me my bailout money back!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I recently saw this great documentary at an EarthDay event in Cocoa, Florida. I was suprised to learn all the negatives about electric cars were thought up by the auto industry, themselves. I was shocked at how GM took all the cars back (to the dismay of the people who had leased them) and CRUSHED them! It was a stupid and sad move by General Motors. I’ll never think of them in the same way again. If that’s the way our American car makers are handling consumer demand these days, I say, Let them Sink!
All should see
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Everyone concerned about the energy crisis in our country should see this film! By now we should have an alternate form of energy for fueiling our cars. Who would have thought it was out there in the 70′s. Think where we might be now if we had continued to improve the elec. car since then. Why did this happen this way??
EV1 cost GM over $100K each to make… no wonder.
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
This movie forgot to ask GM how much it cost them to make each one of these EV1 cars. Bob Lutz (Chairman of GM) was recently on David Letterman (to talk about the EV1s and promo the volt)…
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Lutz admits the overwhelming cost of the EV1 experiment and ADMITS the shortcomings (mostly the high cost) of the battery technology that was used. I’m pretty sure these California EV1 users weren’t paying a $2000 per month to lease those EV1s… which is what you’d might pay for a $100K car. GM is also maintaining a staff to do the maintenance on the vehicles… no wonder they scrapped the project, simple economics. Do you think these EV1 users would have paid $100K for these EV1 cars to keep? …no, the creators of this movie only had a $3000 budget… not like they were flush with cash. Do you think GM was going to maintain service personnel to fix these cars when there were only a few hundred on the road… no. Do you think GM was going to ‘brag’ about how much money they lost on EV1′s to this documentary so all their shareholders could express their displeasure with this moneypit idea. Don’t think so.
GM is going to go bankrupt anyway… but dropping HUNDREDS of MILLIONS on this effort just to try and appease California didn’t help at all either. I think Lutz is right …the ONLY way Americans will buy an electric vehicle is when gas is above $4/gal and stays there. Until then… there aren’t enough Americans who care… unfortunately.
Must-See Documentary
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This DVD should be required viewing for every US citizen. It is an excellent documentary of what has transpired and what continues to transpire in our auto industry. This is not just hearsay, as it includes interviews with several former GM employees who were part of the electric car experiment. It’s very captivating and entertaining to watch; not just another boring documentary.
Why we shouldn’t bailout criminal corporations!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
GM and other major coorporations that destroy our planet and harm people soley for profit should be brought to justice. However, we instead are tricked by an unrepresentative government into handing billions of dollars from the people that they harm to these same corporations.
Further, this movie should be mandatory viewing for every high school civics or goverment student.
I’m personally driving my 1993 vehicle into the ground until I buy the new Tesla 4-door electric vehicle. I’ll do nothing to ever support GM and bury hard working people with more illegal government debt and taxation.
AWESON INFORMATION
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
THIS CD IS SO SOBERING THAT IT IS A MUST SEE. THRE ARE NOW ELECTRIC CAR DEALERSHIPS THROUGHT THE NATION. WE ALL SHOULD MAKE A CONSCIENCE DECISION TO BUY ONE OR CONVERT YOUR PRESENT CAR OR TRUCK TO A NEW GREEN ENERGY AND RELEASE YOURSEL FROM THE GRIP OF THE BIG OIL INDUSTRY WHICH RAKES IN SEVERAL TRILLION DOLLARS A YEAR FROM ALL OF US AROUND THE WORLD. THEY LITTERALLY DICTATE HOW MUCH WE HAVE IN OUR POCKETS. THIS DVD IS ONLY 7.00 PLUS SHIPPING. HOSTED BY MARTIN SHEEN
Classroom use
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
My students loved it! We were studying environmental issues and our country’s dependence on foreign oil. Very informative.
P. Shepherd
Does for cars what Blue Gold does for water!
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I really loved the murder-mystery foundation of this film. It reminded me fondly of The Corporation and it’s sociopath analysis of corporations as a person. But what I really loved about this film is the natural pacing and visual build of its message. It reminds me of one of my other favorite political films, Blue Gold World Water Wars, which also builds with a visual language of its own to a horrifying emotional end. See this film!
Screw Hybrids! I want fully electric cars NOW!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Basically…we could’ve had electric cars in full swing by now, but beacuase of government we’re screwed beacuse obviously global warming and environamental issues aren’t that relevant when it comes to meeting their agenda.