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This International Dateline episode includes three segments: EV1 - The Electric Dream, Lyon – Velov City, and Vanuatu – Clash of the Prophets.

EV1 - The Electric Dream  
The soon to be launched documentary Who Killed the Electric Car? chronicles the life and mysterious death of General Motor's EV1. GM launched its revolutionary electric car in 1996 but by 2003 the entire fleet was gone.  The car was amongst the most efficient cars ever built.  It ran on electricity, produced no emissions and needed very little maintenance.

These snazzy, clean, green machines were loudly touted as the solution to the globe's ever-increasing pollution problems, not to mention America's unrelenting dependence on Middle East oil. But that grand experiment came to a sudden, shuddering halt. Dateline's David Brill travelled to California to see if he could get to the bottom of this motoring murder mystery. 

Lyon – Velov City
Across the Atlantic, Dateline is in France to take a look at an intriguing collaboration between private enterprise and the city of Lyon, where the aim is to reduce car use and promote the humble bicycle as the vehicle of choice. Ginny Stein reports that the innovative scheme is working like a charm. 

Vanuatu – Clash of the Prophets
The Pacific paradise of Vanuatu has been a glossy destination for the adventure traveller for years now, but how much do its entranced visitors get to learn about the local culture and customs? Dateline sent Bentley Dean to the Vanuatuan island of Tanna, where the age-old belief in the notion of a cargo cult still has its followers. And this belief has led to a clash between a chief and a prophet over who's the best person to lead a revival of traditional custom on the island.

About International Dateline 

SBS Dateline, which began in 1984, is Australia's longest-running international current affairs program. It has a well-earned reputation for authoritative and incisive reporting. Dateline has taken the traditional way of producing TV current affairs and turned it on its head. Reporters who used to travel with a cameraperson and sound recordist now travel alone and have the responsibility of both filming and reporting their stories. The reporters became video-journalists, gaining access to people and places that the conventional camera crews cannot.