Narrator: Tim Robbins
With: Dan Neil (Columnist, Wall Street Journal), Danny DeVito (EV1 Driver), Ray Wert (Editor, Jalopnik), Stephen Colbert,  Thomas Friedman (New York Times), Bob Lutz (Vice Chairman, GM), Evelyn Chiang (VP, Tesla Motors),  Elon Musk (CEO, Tesla Motors), Troy Nergaard (Tesla Engineer),  Anthony Kiedis (Musician), Jon Favreau (Director, Iron Man), Michelle Krebs (Auto Analyst, Edmunds.com), Rick Wagoner (CEO, General Motors), Reverend Gadget (Electric Car Converter - as Greg 'Gadget' Abbott), Charlotte Jackson (Designer),  Arnold Schwarzenegger (Governor, California)
Director: Chris Paine
Writers: PG Morgan, Chris Paine
Producers: Jessie Deeter, PG Morgan
Production cos: Papercut Films, West MidWest Productions
Photography: Thaddeus Wadleigh
Editor: Chris A. Petersen
Music: David Robbins
Consulting Producer: Chelsea Sexton
REVIEW

"Chris Paine’s “Who Killed the Electric Car?,” a pointed 2006 deconstruction of what happened when California tried to encourage development of alternatively powered vehicles, concluded that it was an inside job, with conspirators including automakers, oil companies and compromised regulators.  Whether you bought the premise or not — consumer indifference was a real issue as well — General Motors, the company whose decision to shut down production of its EV1 made it the film’s biggest bad guy, was clearly rattled.  

​How much? It invited Mr. Paine to document its development of the Chevrolet Volt, a virtually electric car (it packs a backup gasoline-powered engine) now in production.  In Mr. Paine’s follow-up film, “Revenge of the Electric Car,” Bob Lutz — an old-school “Mr. Detroit” who was then G.M.’s vice chairman — even serves as tour director. 

Over three years, ending in 2010, the film also tracks the ordeals of Elon Musk at Tesla Motors, scrambling to produce a high-end roadster, and Carlos Ghosn at Nissan Motors, hoping to own the mass market with the Leaf. It showers love as well on Greg Abbott, a California mechanic who converts gas-run cars to battery power...

For the larger audience, “Revenge” is that rare artifact, a snapshot of a major industrial shift on its way to a tipping point.  Mr. Lutz says that “electrification of the automobile is a foregone conclusion,” and Mr. Ghosn has built his company’s entire marketing strategy around that expectation.  In the end, “Revenge of the Electric Car” is a slick, enjoyable valentine to a retooling industry.  This optimistic film lacks the outrage of the earlier work, but that’s O.K.  A movement needs its triumphs too."
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— Daniel M. Gold, New York Times
FILM SOCIETY SCREENING
 
Whanganui  
SPECIAL PRESENTATION                             
Saturday 24th March, 7.30pm
Entry by donation (suggested $10) 
Whanganui Film Society members free. 

Screens in conjunction with the Electric Vehicle tour Leading The Charge.
Revenge of the Electric Car is presented in cooperation with ​Black Pine Architects
All proceeds from the screening will be donated to Whanganui Green Bikes