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“Who Killed the Electric Car?”
A film about the past arrived in theaters as a sobering analysis of the present. Molded by director Chris Paine as an investigative report into why America’s electric cars—first sold to Californians by General Motors in 1996 and then swiftly discontinued—disappeared from the roads, the release of “Who Killed the Electric Car?” coincided with the surging cost of oil and major US automakers’ rush towards bankruptcy. Seemingly ancient history emerged as a bit of dark irony—the very product that could have fueled a whole new wave of market growth was killed by a company that choose poorly, and suffered for it.
