The automaker ended up crushing the vast majority of them. While a few empty shells exist in museums, they are strictly prohibited from ever driving again. But a new project has surfaced involving ...

This EV1 that narrowly escaped GM's crusher decades ago recently sold for $104,000, and work has already begun to restore it ...

It is the only EV1 in existence that can legally be made roadworthy again, after GM scrapped most of them and disabled the ...

For electric vehicle fans, the GM EV1 is an important vehicle, and now, one of these rare little teardrop-shaped two doors is ...

Building a fast electric vehicle came easy. The challenge General Motors faced when developing the EV1 in the 1990s was producing it at a low cost with a driving range practical for the average ...

A look back at MotorWeek's review of the iconic GM EV1, its powertrain, its controversial demise, and its lasting legacy as ...

An entire generation of American consumers view Elon Musk as the heroic pioneer of the electric automobile. But Musk and Tesla weren't first; they just emerged in an era of better battery technology — ...

The General Motors EV1 has a fascinating story. In 1996, it became the first modern, mass-produced electric vehicle offered to the world. With 26 lead-acid batteries and a single electric motor making ...

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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