The read
Every source lands within 8 points of the others. It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes69%
Metacritic63/100
43 audience votes
Key crew
- Chris PaineDirector
- P.G. MorganWriter
- Chris PaineWriter
Cast
- Chelsea SextonSelf
- Tim RobbinsNarrator (voice)
- Danny DeVitoSelf (EV1 Driver)
- Stephen ColbertSelf
- Elon MuskSelf (CEO, Tesla Motors)
- Jon FavreauSelf (Director, Iron Man)
- Reverend GadgetSelf - Electric Car Converter (as Greg 'Gadget' Abbott)
- Talulah RileySelf
- Arnold SchwarzeneggerSelf
Stills
Themes
electric vehicleselectric cargreen energyalternative energy