Revenge of the Electric Car

Revenge of the Electric Car is a rather pedantic documentary that stretches for material. The film follows the re-emergence of electric car technology in the wake of the 2006 abandonment of the GM EV1. When the electric car appeared to have lost the fight to be the alternative energy vehicle of the future, Tesla Motors rises to prominence along with the Chevrolet Volt and the Nissan Leaf. While the film documents an interesting chapter in the quest for alternative energy vehicles, there’s not enough material or distance to objectively analyze the situation. A lot of it is just PR for the car companies, which hurts the “documentary” aspect of the film. Revenge of the Electric Car is vastly inferior to the much more compelling original, Who Killed the Electric Car?, but it still manages to explore some interesting topics.