Well, here’s the latest and greatest:  The Sony Classics film, "Who Killed the Electric Car? ":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Killed_the_Electric_Car%3F

The film covers the GM car called the EV1, of which about 1000 were sold and driven from 1997 to 2003… They were owned by many VIP’s including Mel Gibson, Tom Hanks and Alexandra Paul of Baywatch fame.

In 2003, they were repossessed by GM and crushed .   …The vehicles had plenty of power and would drive 110 - 160 miles on a charge… for the equivalent of of $0.60 / gallon (!!!)

http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=who%20killed%20the%20electric%20car&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=N&tab=wv#