Who Killed the Electric Car? is a fascinating series of interviews with the former owners of the electric cars produced by General Motors starting in 1996. The California Legislature had passed an electric car mandate, and for a while there were quite a few of these autos on California highways and in other places. They were popular with their owners. Actually, the word owners is a misnomer, for consumers could only lease the cars; they couldn’t buy them. According to the film, this was all part of GM’s plan to throw a bone to environmentalists without being serious about improving the environment, as witnessed by the fact that GM later withdrew all the cars from the market and destroyed them.
Good environmental stewardship should not be a political issue. These two films ask penetrating questions and challenge us to look beneath the surface in judging how to care for the world. They’re both well worth seeing, if only to get ourselves to think carefully about the questions they pose.
My Rating: 3 stars
Film Rating: PG
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