You've heard the story of the General Motors EV1. A hand-built, lease-only prototype electric car from the late '90s that paved the way for the EV revolution of the 2010s. Depending on who you talk to ...

It was the most reliable car he had ever driven — that's how Kris Trexler remembered his General Motors EV1. "It was just a car that I took home, plugged in at night, got up the next morning — it was ...

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 ...

The EV1 was the first modern, mass-produced electric vehicle from a major automaker — pioneering some technologies you can still find in today's... This little electric car made history. 25 years ago, ...

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