Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006)

Chris Paine's documentary makes an unapologetic case for the car and an unofficial indictment of the forces allied against it.

A murder mystery, a call to arms and an effective inducement to rage, Who Killed the Electric Car? is the latest and one of the more successful additions to the growing ranks of issue-oriented documentaries.

A potent hybrid of passion and politics fuel this energetic and highly compelling documentary.

Above all, the film is an extended love letter to the EV1, a sleek GM electric marvel that, by Paine's reckoning, marks the single greatest innovation in human technology since the wheel.

Paine doesn't hide his liberal mind-set, but he lets all sides - from GM suits to Ralph Nader - have their say. By the closing credits, there's little doubt who killed the electric car.