Revenge of the Electric Car
2011 · Movie · PG-13 · 90 min · ★ 7.2 · 66% critics
This documentary follows the push to make electric vehicles practical for everyday drivers as major automakers and ambitious newcomers race to bring them to market. It looks at how changing technology, economics, and industry attitudes turned a once-dismissed idea into a serious competition.
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Details
- Years
- 2011
- Release date
- 2011-10-21
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Critic score
- 66/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 (42 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like accessible documentaries about technology, business competition, and big industry shifts, especially if Banking on Bitcoin sounds appealing; Not for you if you want a personal character study or a broader history lesson.
Pros: engaging race to market; more entertaining than before; strong industry perspective | Cons: side story feels odd; uneven focus at times
Themes
- electric vehicles
- electric car
- green energy
- alternative energy
Cast & crew
- CS
Chelsea Sexton
as Self
Tim Robbins
as Narrator (voice)
Danny DeVito
as Self (EV1 Driver)
Stephen Colbert
as Self
Elon Musk
as Self (CEO, Tesla Motors)
- JF
Jon Favreau
as Self (Director, Iron Man)
- RG
Reverend Gadget
as Self - Electric Car Converter (as Greg 'Gadget' Abbott)
Talulah Riley
as Self
Arnold Schwarzenegger
as Self
Directed by Chris Paine