The General Motors EV1 is a battery electric car produced by the American automaker General Motors from 1996 until its demise in 1999. A subcompact car, the EV1 marked the introduction of mass produced and purpose-built battery electric vehicles.

Dec 5, 2022 · One EV1 fan claims there are as many as 180 EV1s, though some of those may be concept, demonstration, or show cars still owned by GM, and some of that number may have been crushed by GM. According to EV collector Steve Hawkins of the Beata collection, 37 total still exist, with nine of those currently in private hands, though as he noted ...

Jun 16, 2021 · Myth: GM could have made EV1 more appealing by giving it more conventional looks and a back seat. Truth: Because the Gen I’s 1175-pound pack of 27 advanced lead-acid batteries held the energy equivalent of just a half-gallon of gas, the car’s shape had to be a two-seat teardrop for maximum aerodynamic efficiency.

Jul 7, 2021 · The General Motors team that developed the pioneering EV1 electric car had to invent new technologies that are now commonplace on EVs. Among them: low-rolling-resistance tires, keyless...

Dec 6, 2024 · GM built just over 1,000 EV1s before ending production in 1999, spawning a community of passionate super fans eager to join the EV revolution. But the EV1 was controversial, and short-lived....

Apr 3, 2021 · Specs for the first-generation GM EV1 included a 16.5-kWh lead-acid battery providing upwards of 60 miles of range. Output was derived from a three-phase alternating current induction motor...

Oct 20, 2021 · GM developed from the prototype of the two-seater, battery electrically driven car “EV1” (Electric Vehicle 1). The EV1 was the first and only vehicle in this phase to be newly developed exclusively for the electric drive and finally to be mass-produced.

The General Motors EV1 was an electric car produced and leased by the General Motors Corporation from 1996 to 1999. It was the first mass-produced and purpose-designed electric vehicle of the modern era from a major automaker, and the first GM car designed to be an electric vehicle from the outset.

Jan 19, 2016 · The EV1 was the first modern electric car designed for a mass market. Beginning in 1996, General Motors built 1,117 of the cars and leased most of them to consumers in California, Arizona, and Georgia.

Sep 30, 2024 · The EV1 was the world's first purpose-built EV that had enough range and performance to be a real alternative to combustion cars—it was excellent, according to those who drove it back...