True Films 3.0 - Kevin Kelly

Who Killed the Electric Car?
Since GM has just introduced a new electric car, the odd circumstances
of their coordinated destruction of all their older electric cars seems less
sinister. However, take the murder mystery metaphor of this fun film as
simply a good narrative device to communicate the peculiar and disheartening
politics surrounding alternative energy. There’s a lot broken. This
film does a good job in outlining all the forces conspiring against electric
cars (many, powerful, and desperate), and the unceasing technological
forces converging to make it happen. Now that the reactionary forces
have been exposed in full video daylight, the inevitable electric car may
happen sooner. This film makes the virtues of an electric car seem so
utterly sane and desirable, you’ll want one immediately. I’ve ridden in
two different independent luxury electric cars being developed by eager
Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, and boy, electric cars are powerful, fast, and
amazing. This movie finally explained to me why I can’t buy one yet.
By Chris Paine
2006, 91 min.
Available from Amazon
Rent from Netflix
A view of massive battery banks and of the inventor. Crushed GM electric cars (below left) removed from the market.
An EV races against a hummer (right).
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