Who Killed the Electric Car? | Full Movie | Movies Anywhere

Chris Paine's documentary about General Motors' development and withdrawal of the innovative, environment-friendly EV1 automobile is bound to reverberate with anyone who's fallen in love with a product only to see it irrevocably yanked from the market.

Transcends its own awful construction by being a documentary, further supporting the idea that docs needn't be well made to be worthwhile.

Given the shortsighted shenanigans engaged in by these corporate-oriented politicians and greedy captains of industry, is it any wonder that we'd end up mired in the Middle East to ensure the flow of oil? Who killed the electric car? The usual suspects.

This fascinating feature-length documentary tells the shameful story of how fast, economical electric cars became a hit in California in the 1990s, then vanished almost overnight.

It goes far beyond electric cars to illustrate how big business controls government actions and policies at all levels with damaging results.