Revenge of the Electric Car 2011
Revenge of the Electric Car
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.
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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All 1 Videos & 3 Photoscast
Full Cast & Crew... Self
... Narrator (voice)
... Self (EV1 Driver)
... Self
... Self (CEO, Tesla Motors)
JF
Jon Favreau... Self (Director, Iron Man)
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See All 1 Reviews23 Jun 2021 by rsanek
You can really see Chris Paine's progress as a director when compared to his previous effort, _Who Killed the Electric Car?_ (2006). The production value here is clearly much higher and overall the film is much more entertaining. I liked having the multiple parallel timelines between Bob Lutz, Ghosn, and Musk. The addition of the independent maker 'Gadget' I felt was a bit weird -- it seemed like originally the idea was to provide an insight into people who didn't want to wait for bigco car company to create electric cars, but through misfortunes to Gadget it really became more of a human interest story. Still, that's a small downside when viewing the film as a whole. Would love to see an updated, 2020 version of this timeline from Paine!
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Release Date:
Oct 21, 2011
Run Time:
1hr 30`
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Original Language:
English
Status:
Released
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Revenge of the Electric Car
You can really see Chris Paine's progress as a director when compared to his previous effort, _Who Killed the Electric Car?_ (2006). The production value here is clearly much higher and overall the film is much more entertaining. I liked having the multiple parallel timelines between Bob Lutz, Ghosn, and Musk. The addition of the independent maker 'Gadget' I felt was a bit weird -- it seemed like originally the idea was to provide an insight into people who didn't want to wait for bigco car company to create electric cars, but through misfortunes to Gadget it really became more of a human interest story. Still, that's a small downside when viewing the film as a whole. Would love to see an updated, 2020 version of this timeline from Paine!
Cast & Crew of
Revenge of the Electric Car
Directors & Credit Writers
CP
Chris Paine... Director
Cast
... Self
... Narrator (voice)
... Self (EV1 Driver)
... Self
... Self (CEO, Tesla Motors)
JF
Jon Favreau... Self (Director, Iron Man)
... Self - Electric Car Converter (as Greg 'Gadget' Abbott)
... Self
... Self (as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger)