The electric car isn't dead. It's just been knocked down for a while by the big oil companies. However, many companies are already ressurecting the electric car (such as the Chevrolette Volt) and while they are very expensive right now, they will steadily decrease in price, and oil consistantly increases in price.

"Who Killed the Electric Car?" is a 2006 documentary film that explores the creation, limited commercialization, and subsequent destruction of the battery electric vehicle in the United States, specifically the General Motors EV1 of the 1990s. The film explores the roles of automobile manufacturers, the oil industry, the US government, the Californian government, batteries, hydrogen vehicles, and consumers in limiting the development and adoption of this technology. It was released on DVD to the home video market on November 14, 2006 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. During an interview with CBS News, director Chris Paine announced that he would be making a sequel: "Who Saved the Electric Car?". 1988: GM agreed to research a practical consumer electric car 1990: California passed the Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Mandate 1997: Toyota released the Prius 1997-2000: A couple thousand electric cars were available for lease (Honda, GM, Ford, Nissan, Chevy, Toyota) 2002: GM and DaimlerChrysler sued the California Air Resources Board (CARB) in response to ZEV mandate 2003: ZEV mandate was repealed, GM reclaimed all EV1s and destroyed them http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Killed_the_Electric_Car%3F