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IMDb rating 7.6
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Critic rating 6.5

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Critic Sam Toy
rated 6

...this documentary points a finger at all those responsible for one of the more significant carbon-black marks against America.

Read full review at Empire
Critic Nathan Rabin
rated 7

...t's hard to deny the passion and commitment of any film that can generate real pathos out of footage of cars being destroyed.

Read full review at The A.V. Club

Cast & Crew

Chris Paine
Director
Chris Paine
Writer
Martin Sheen
As Narrator (voice)
Tom Hanks
As Self (archive footage)
Mel Gibson
As Self

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Who Killed the Electric Car? was released in theaters on August 4, 2006.