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How General Motors Killed the First Modern Electric Car
General Motors once led the charge in electric vehicle innovation with the EV1, a car ahead of its time. But instead of ...
Cash cow to money pit: Why GM decided to let Cruise go
GM just over a year ago said Cruise would be a $50 billion per-year business. The company never made money and its parent ...
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How The GM EV1 Kicked Off A Modern EV Revolution In The 1990s
Concurrently, and in response to the way things were going, General Motors began developing the EV1, which went into ...
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Original GM EV1 found all dusted up in Missouri, but it's in rough shape
There, an old General Motors EV1 electric vehicle sits, its body relatively intact but its drivetrain non-functional, Jalopnik reports. The car, which some say could fetch as much as $500,000 in ...
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Exclusive Q&A with Chelsea Sexton about the EV1, why the Prius gets a 'C', and who really killed the electric car
Sexton has been part of the EV debate that started in the 1990s with the debut of General Motor's first mass-production all-electric vehicle, the EV1. Sexton worked for GM, leasing the EV1 to ...
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There’s a Pristine GM EV1 Saved By a Secretive Caretaker in the Depths of a University
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The U.S. Government Commissioned A Private Company To Build This Electric Dodge Ram Van In The 1980s
Automakers have been experimenting with electric cars for over a century. While many consider the GM EV1 to be the first mainstream electric car for the masses, some American automakers were ...
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There’s an Ultra-Rare GM EV1 Abandoned in an Atlanta Parking Garage
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Here's the story behind GM's revolutionary electric car from the 90s that disappeared
The GM EV1 was the car that first brought enthusiasm and excitement to the modern world of electric cars in America. Though it was only available for six years through GM-direct leasing programs ...
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How an electric car dream was crushed
Before the Prius and Tesla, came the EV1. The world’s first mass-produced electric car was launched by General Motors back in 1996 and was capable of nought to 60 in eight seconds. However ...