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21/10/2011 Documentary 1h 30m
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Overview

A sequel to 2006's Who Killed the Electric Car?, director Chris Paine once again looks at electric vehicles. Where in the last film electric cars were dismissed as uneconomical and unreliable, and were under multiple attacks from government, the auto industry, and from energy companies who didn't want them to succeed, this film chronicles, in the light of new changes in technology, the world economy, and the auto industry itself, the race - from both major car companies like Ford and Nissan, and from new rising upstarts like Tesla - to bring a practical consumer EV to market.

  1. Chris Paine

    Writer, Director

  2. P.G. Morgan

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Chelsea Sexton

    Self

  2. Tim Robbins

    Narrator (voice)

  3. Danny DeVito

    Self (EV1 Driver)

  4. Stephen Colbert

    Self

  5. Elon Musk

    Self (CEO, Tesla Motors)

  6. Jon Favreau

    Self (Director, Iron Man)

  7. Reverend Gadget

    Self - Electric Car Converter (as Greg 'Gadget' Abbott)

  8. Talulah Riley

    Self

  9. Arnold Schwarzenegger

    Self

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Reviews

A review by rsanek
Written by rsanek on 2020-07-27
You can really see Chris Paine's progress as a director when compared to his previous effort, _Who Killed the Electric Car?_ (2006). The production value here is clearly much higher and overall the film is much more entertaining. I liked having the multiple parallel timelines between Bob Lutz, Ghosn, and Musk. The addition of the independent maker 'Gadget' I felt was a bit weird -- it seemed like originally the idea was to provide an insight into people who didn't want to wait for bigco car company to create electric cars, but through misfortunes to Gadget it really became more of a human inte...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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