March 12, 2020

3: The GM EV1

1 hour 3 minutes

Electric cars may seem like 21st century tech, but they are far from modern invention. Along the winding path to the present was the GM EV1, the first purpose-designed electric vehicle. It went on sale in 1996, but were all crushed within 10 years.

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Links and Show Notes: General Motors EV1 Overview - YouTube 1997 General Motors EV1 Electric Coupe - The Henry Ford GM EV1 History - Business Insider 1925 Doble E-20 Steam Car - Jay Leno's Garage - YouTube AMC's Electric Car Announcement The Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle GM Heritage Center Collection | GM Vehicle Technologies and the Path to Success World Solar Challenge 2019 Sunraycer - Wikipedia Here's a Trip Through the GM EV1 Owner's Manual - YouTube MotorWeek | Retro Review: 1997 GM EV 1 - YouTube GM EV1 "Appliances" Ad - YouTube GM EV1 "The Future of the Car" Ad - YouTube The Death of the EV-1 | Science | Smithsonian Magazine EV1 - Driving it the final week before the crusher - YouTube GM EV1 Funeral (Part 1) - YouTube Drivers Find Outlet for Grief Over EV1s - Los Angeles Times As 2011 Chevrolet Volt Nears Dealers, Ghostly EV1 Gets Enthusiasts Excited There's an Ultra-Rare GM EV1 Abandoned in an Atlanta Parking Garage - The Drive GM's EV1 Lives On, With EV2 on the Way | PluginCars.com The EV1 – Wisconsin Hybrid Vehicle The General Motors EV-1: A Rare Survivor, in Ohio! - YouTube Own a Piece of GM EV1 Electric-Car History—Literally Quinn's 1-year review of his Tesla Model 3 Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006) - IMDb General Motors announces new battery platform, claims $100/kWh soon | Ars Technica

GM announced it's getting back into electric cars after the recording of this episode.

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