Revenge of the Electric Car

Revenge of the Electric Car

7.3IMDb Score
Released:2011-10-21
Duration:90 min
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Director:Chris Paine
Actors:Chelsea Sexton, Tim Robbins, Danny DeVito, Stephen Colbert, Elon Musk
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Overview:

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.

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