Aug 04, 2006
92 min
Full-HD

Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006)

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 cars were destroyed.

Category

Documentary

Country

United States of America

Companies

Plinyminor Electric Entertainment Papercut Films

Martin Sheen

Narrator (voice)

Mel Gibson

Self

Chelsea Sexton

Self

Tom Hanks

Self (archive footage)

Reverend Gadget

Self (as Greg 'Gadget' Abbott)

Ed Begley Jr.

Self

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