The GM EV1 was never supposed to end up in private hands. One has, and the team working on restoring it had been fearful of reprisals from GM that could endanger the project. Instead, GM President ...
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 ...
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 ...
A lot has been said and written about the GM EV1, the first modern, purpose-built mass-production electric vehicle from a major automaker. Thirty years ago, the teardrop-shaped subcompact coupe showed ...
I just watched a YouTube short by the folks at the Hagerty Drivers Foundation, where they pondered whether it was the Tucker Model 48, or the GM EV1, that deserves the title of America’s most ...
Sometimes, the most compelling stories in the automotive world don’t start with a press release or a glitzy debut. They start in an impound lot, with a forgotten piece of history. That is precisely ...