Green Car Reports

Rare GM EV1 electric car survivor converted to a hybrid, parked outside

You never know where an interesting car might turn up. This rare General Motors EV1 has been hiding in plain sight, parked outside behind Howard University's school of engineering in Washington, D.C., ...
Hackaday

Raising A GM EV1 From The Dead

Probably the biggest story in the world of old cars over the past couple of weeks has been the surfacing of a GM EV1 electric car for sale from an auto salvage yard. This was the famous electric car ...
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The Wild True Story Behind The Only GM EV1 Ever Publicly Sold, And Where It's Going Next

General Motors EV1 VIN #4G5PX2250V0200212 was never supposed to survive. Like most EV1s leased to drivers in the late 1990s, this adorably green electric icon was originally going to be crushed and ...
autoevolution

GM EV1 Saved From Impound Is a Six-Figure Gem Nobody Could Own, GM Helps With Restoration

The history of electric vehicles is not a modern invention but a recurring cycle of innovation, suppression, and ultimate triumph. In the early 1900s, electric cars were more popular than gasoline ...
SlashGear

This Ultra-Rare EV1 Hasn't Been Driven In Years – But That Doesn't Mean It's Abandoned

The GM EV1 was one of GM's first attempts at an electric car, long before battery powered monsters like the GMC Hummer were even a sketch in a notebook. The EV1 was produced between 1997 and 1999 with ...
Green Car Reports

Report: With EV1, GM sparked the era of the electric car but didn't follow through

With Earth Day approaching, it's worth remembering the first modern dedicated electric car from a major automaker—the General Motors EV1. Industry trade journal Automotive News is publishing a series ...
The Drive

Someone Is Selling a Motor-Transaxle Unit For GM’s Doomed EV1 Electric Car on eBay

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SlashGear

Why GM's EV1 Became One Of The Rarest Cars In The World

Back in the '90s before electric vehicles became a thing, General Motors embarked on an ambitious project: it was going to build a fully electric vehicle known as the EV1. This was after a regulation ...
jdpower

Was The EV1 The First Electric Car?

Hardly anyone doubts now that electric cars are the future. Not only are they more environmentally friendly, but they also often match internal combustion engine cars in performance. When you think ...
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The only GM EV1 ever publicly sold ended up being found in the most unlikely of places and it was close to being destroyed for good

The GM EV1 is, or perhaps we should say was, an early attempt at creating a mass-produced electric car in the 1990s. This vehicle had a troubled history, with a major recall that affected nearly 50 ...
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Scale Model of an Ev1 Car in a Small Display Case

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The EV1 was the first modern electric ...