Who Killed the Electric Car? (DVD)

Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006) In the 1990s, General Motors -- pushed largely by legal requirements instituted in California -- began production of the EV1, a zero-emissions electric car. This film documents the puzzling rise and fall of the electric car. Although it worked well and had enthusiastic drivers, the car was pulled from production, and all the cars that had been produced were withdrawn and destroyed by GM. Why did the electric car fail? Was it the oil companies, the government, the car manufacturers who wanted to see it fail? This documentary provides interesting and somewhat depressing answers. Grade: B+