Review of Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006) by Benjamin F — 27 Jan 2009

Obviously not a two-sided film as it has an open agenda from the very get go. (And frankly, the other side doesn't have that much of a case to make when you consider all that they're standing for in automobile technology and pollution today.

The recent bailout's the result of a very 'just desserts' type situation for these companies, considering the missed crucial opportunities this film documents.) Mel Gibson shows up a few times and detracts from the film with his own innate creepiness (And the whole element of political poison he carries whenever he endorses something, given his track record), but at least we've got Ed Begley Jr.

, Martin Sheen, Phyllis Diller, and Tom Hanks involved, as the celebrity cameos go. The film has a strong human element to the story alongside the historical, scientific, technological, political, and environmental narratives that go along with the importance of zero emission vehicles - through people like Chelsea Sexton and Colette Divine.

It's hard to sum the whole of the documentary up in this mini-review, but suffice to say, it tells a compelling and heartbreakingly true story of technology that should have been made a standard well over a decade ago now, and just how many factors are working to hold back important technological and environmental progress in our daily lives here in America.

Absolutely watch this documentary. Watch it, absorb what it has to say, and ruminate. There's much to be gained, and awareness to be spread.