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[22 Sep 2006 | Comments Off | ]

Who Killed the Electric Car? is a 2006 documentary film that explores the birth, limited commercialization, and subsequent death of the battery electric vehicle in the United States, specifically the General Motors EV1 of the 1990s. The film explores the roles of automobile makers, the oil industry, the US government, batteries, hydrogen vehicles, and consumers in limiting the development and adoption of this technology.
About General Motors EV :
The EV1 was the first production quality battery electric vehicle produced by General Motors in the United States and, at the …