{"id":134172,"date":"2024-12-07T01:45:52","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T18:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=134172"},"modified":"2024-12-07T01:45:52","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T18:45:52","slug":"what-happened-to-the-general-motors-ev1-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=134172","title":{"rendered":"What happened to the General Motors EV1? : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"storytext\">\n<div id=\"resg-s1-35163\" class=\"bucketwrap image x-large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"&#10;        --source-width: 2968;&#10;        --source-height: 1856;&#10;    \">\n        <picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2968x1856+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F5a%2F37%2F7b0757d24651bfe309e83db32d56%2F1996-gm-ev1-1.jpg\" class=\"img\" type=\"image\/webp\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2968x1856+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F5a%2F37%2F7b0757d24651bfe309e83db32d56%2F1996-gm-ev1-1.jpg\" data-format=\"webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2968x1856+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F5a%2F37%2F7b0757d24651bfe309e83db32d56%2F1996-gm-ev1-1.jpg\" class=\"img\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2968x1856+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F5a%2F37%2F7b0757d24651bfe309e83db32d56%2F1996-gm-ev1-1.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2968x1856+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F5a%2F37%2F7b0757d24651bfe309e83db32d56%2F1996-gm-ev1-1.jpg\" class=\"img\" alt=\"The General Motors EV1 pioneered technology you can still find in electric vehicles today. Just over 1,000 were built, and the cars were only available for lease in a few states.\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2968x1856+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F5a%2F37%2F7b0757d24651bfe309e83db32d56%2F1996-gm-ev1-1.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                The General Motors EV1 pioneered technology you can still find in electric vehicles today. Just over 1,000 were built, and the cars were only available for lease in a few states.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    General Motors Co.\/GM<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        General Motors Co.\/GM<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It was the most reliable car he had ever driven \u2014 that&#8217;s how Kris Trexler remembered his General Motors EV1.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was just a car that I took home, plugged in at night, got up the next morning \u2014 it was like having a gasoline station in the garage,&#8221; he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2010\/03\/24\/125075512\/with-volt-gm-courts-jilted-fans-of-the-ev1\">told NPR Member station Michigan Public<\/a> in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Trexler was one of the hundreds of people who got to drive an EV1 \u2014 the first modern, mass-produced electric vehicle from a major automaker. The little two-door car looked like a cross between a flying saucer and a computer mouse, and it pioneered technology <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caranddriver.com\/news\/a36887553\/gm-ev1-electric-car-technology\/\">you can still find<\/a> in today&#8217;s EVs.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-backstage-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap backstage\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>GM built <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehenryford.org\/collections-and-research\/digital-collections\/artifact\/326534\/\">just over 1,000<\/a> 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. It was on the road for less than a decade. Many Americans never knew the EV1 existed \u2014 and the fight to keep it alive ended with GM crushing nearly all the cars into scrap.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When it all happened, we just stood there and said, &#8216;What are you guys doing?&#8217; &#8221; filmmaker and EV advocate Chris Paine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2006\/06\/30\/5524918\/what-happened-to-the-electric-car\" target=\"5524918\" rel=\"noopener\">told NPR in a 2006 interview<\/a> about his documentary <em>Who Killed the Electric Car? <\/em> &#8220;The sight of seeing them destroyed before most people ever got to experience them was really quite a shocking moment for us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"edTag\">The EV1&#8217;s origins<\/h3>\n<p>The story of the EV1 began in 1990, when California passed sweeping regulations aimed at curbing the state&#8217;s air pollution. The plan mandated automakers build zero-emission vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a very radical strategy, but it&#8217;s one that looks well into the next century,&#8221; California Air Resources Board member Brian Bilbray said at the time. &#8220;And it&#8217;s really going to set the standard for air-quality strategies, not in just this state or this nation, but in the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-secondary-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap secondary\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Under pressure, automakers researched electric vehicles, hybrids and even hydrogen fuel cells to comply with the mandate. In 1992, reporter Paul Eisenstein was assigned by NPR to check out the early results, traveling to Arizona to test drive a GM prototype called the Impact.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5116270-100\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImagenx-s1-5074064\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/09\/23\/nx-s1-5074064\/ev-gas-cars-environment-skepticism\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset box&quot;,&quot;clickUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.npr.org\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/23\\\/nx-s1-5074064\\\/ev-gas-cars-environment-skepticism&quot;}\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3954x3954+1977+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/15\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc5%2F61%2F6eefdffb43f98497d7875ed7e4f7%2Fgettyimages-2172427033.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3954x3954+1977+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc5%2F61%2F6eefdffb43f98497d7875ed7e4f7%2Fgettyimages-2172427033.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3954x3954+1977+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc5%2F61%2F6eefdffb43f98497d7875ed7e4f7%2Fgettyimages-2172427033.jpg\" data-format=\"webp\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3954x3954+1977+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/15\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc5%2F61%2F6eefdffb43f98497d7875ed7e4f7%2Fgettyimages-2172427033.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3954x3954+1977+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc5%2F61%2F6eefdffb43f98497d7875ed7e4f7%2Fgettyimages-2172427033.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3954x3954+1977+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc5%2F61%2F6eefdffb43f98497d7875ed7e4f7%2Fgettyimages-2172427033.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3954x3954+1977+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc5%2F61%2F6eefdffb43f98497d7875ed7e4f7%2Fgettyimages-2172427033.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3954x3954+1977+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc5%2F61%2F6eefdffb43f98497d7875ed7e4f7%2Fgettyimages-2172427033.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"Tesla Superchargers stand in a parking lot in Austin, Texas, on September 16. Four of the five white and red Superchargers in the photo are unoccupied, and a white Tesla sedan is parked in front of one. A strip mall stretches across the background.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5116270-100\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As you turn the key, nothing seems to be happening \u2014 until you stomp on the Impact&#8217;s accelerator,&#8221; Eisenstein reported. &#8220;Then with a sudden lurch and an eerie whine, the Impact bursts to life, the speedometer ticking off five, 15, 30, 45 miles an hour.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This is the car that by 1996 hit the market as the EV1. It had zippy acceleration, aerodynamic bodywork that partially covered the rear tires, and an innovative braking system that helped recharge the battery.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Regenerative braking works by using the motors \u2014 the drive motors \u2014 in reverse, and they act as generators,&#8221; GM engineer Larry Oswald said. &#8220;So when you apply the brake pedal, essentially what you&#8217;re doing is generating electricity and putting it back into the battery and storing it for the next acceleration.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The car&#8217;s battery could take you about 70 miles on a full charge. Battery technology improved over the years, increasing the EV1&#8217;s range to about 100 miles. But the EV1 gave rise to a new consumer concern: &#8220;range anxiety.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5116270-101\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImagenx-s1-5181891\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/11\/06\/nx-s1-5181891\/trump-win-climate-change-fossil-fuels-clean-energy\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset box&quot;,&quot;clickUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.npr.org\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/06\\\/nx-s1-5181891\\\/trump-win-climate-change-fossil-fuels-clean-energy&quot;}\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2447x2447+608+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/15\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc2%2F4d%2F1c9ac8734aaa871973e3923705cb%2Fap24311626517297.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2447x2447+608+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc2%2F4d%2F1c9ac8734aaa871973e3923705cb%2Fap24311626517297.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2447x2447+608+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc2%2F4d%2F1c9ac8734aaa871973e3923705cb%2Fap24311626517297.jpg\" data-format=\"webp\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2447x2447+608+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/15\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc2%2F4d%2F1c9ac8734aaa871973e3923705cb%2Fap24311626517297.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2447x2447+608+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc2%2F4d%2F1c9ac8734aaa871973e3923705cb%2Fap24311626517297.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2447x2447+608+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc2%2F4d%2F1c9ac8734aaa871973e3923705cb%2Fap24311626517297.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2447x2447+608+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc2%2F4d%2F1c9ac8734aaa871973e3923705cb%2Fap24311626517297.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2447x2447+608+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc2%2F4d%2F1c9ac8734aaa871973e3923705cb%2Fap24311626517297.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"Supporters watch returns at a campaign election night watch party for Donald Trump at the Palm Beach Convention Center in Florida.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5116270-101\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The fear of being stranded; running out of power,&#8221; <em>Consumer Reports<\/em> researcher Ron Conlin told NPR in 1997. &#8220;The anxiety of the consumer is reflected in our studies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The EV1 was only available in a few states. And it was expensive: The suggested retail price was $35,000 (more than $70,000 in today&#8217;s money) but it never actually was for sale \u2014 it was only available for lease.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The car&#8217;s being marketed to an upscale consumer \u2014 very educated, very affluent, as potentially a third vehicle in the household,&#8221; Conlin said.<\/p>\n<p>Only about 800 drivers leased an EV1, according to an Associated Press article from 2005. However, reports indicated thousands more people put their name on a wait list. GM spokesperson Dave Barthmuss told NPR that the company followed up with those people, and found &#8220;less than 50 customers&#8221; on the wait list were willing to lease a vehicle.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-third-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap third\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Many who did get the chance to lease an EV1 grew to love the way the car \u2014 with its plug-in charging and appliance-like charm \u2014 made them feel &#8220;like we were in the 21st century,&#8221; said documentarian Chris Paine.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"edTag\">A little car with a big legacy<\/h3>\n<p>GM had spent more than $1 billion on EV development. But over time, California weakened the mandate to build zero-emission vehicles. The EV1 became an unnecessary cost.<\/p>\n<p>The cars&#8217; three-year lease agreements expired in the early 2000s, but GM canceled the program and took its EV1s back. In 2005, NPR reporter Luke Burbank <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2005\/03\/15\/4536236\/ev1-aficionados-fight-models-demise\" target=\"4536236\" rel=\"noopener\">visited a GM facility<\/a> in Southern California storing dozens of repossessed EV1s. The car&#8217;s supporters held vigil outside.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We call that EV1 death row,&#8221; said Chelsea Sexton, a former GM employee who worked on the EV1 program and was critical of the company&#8217;s move to stop making electric vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It absolutely breaks my heart,&#8221; Sexton told NPR. &#8220;I helped put these cars on the road in the first place, and now they&#8217;re taking them away from me and from all the other drivers that had them at one point.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"resg-s1-36364\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"&#10;        --source-width: 2464;&#10;        --source-height: 1648;&#10;    \">\n        <picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2464x1648+0+0\/resize\/400\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F22%2F74%2F35aefa8f491fa04c5eacd382104c%2Fgettyimages-564050623.jpg 400w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2464x1648+0+0\/resize\/600\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F22%2F74%2F35aefa8f491fa04c5eacd382104c%2Fgettyimages-564050623.jpg 600w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2464x1648+0+0\/resize\/800\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F22%2F74%2F35aefa8f491fa04c5eacd382104c%2Fgettyimages-564050623.jpg 800w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2464x1648+0+0\/resize\/900\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F22%2F74%2F35aefa8f491fa04c5eacd382104c%2Fgettyimages-564050623.jpg 900w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2464x1648+0+0\/resize\/1200\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F22%2F74%2F35aefa8f491fa04c5eacd382104c%2Fgettyimages-564050623.jpg 1200w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2464x1648+0+0\/resize\/1600\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F22%2F74%2F35aefa8f491fa04c5eacd382104c%2Fgettyimages-564050623.jpg 1600w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2464x1648+0+0\/resize\/1800\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F22%2F74%2F35aefa8f491fa04c5eacd382104c%2Fgettyimages-564050623.jpg 1800w\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2464x1648+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F22%2F74%2F35aefa8f491fa04c5eacd382104c%2Fgettyimages-564050623.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1300px) 763px, (min-width: 1025px) calc(100vw - 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496px), (min-width: 768px) calc(100vw - 171px), calc(100vw - 30px)\" class=\"img\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2464x1648+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/50\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F22%2F74%2F35aefa8f491fa04c5eacd382104c%2Fgettyimages-564050623.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2464x1648+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F22%2F74%2F35aefa8f491fa04c5eacd382104c%2Fgettyimages-564050623.jpg\" class=\"img\" alt=\"Chelsea Sexton hugs Paul Scott during a vigil held outside the General Motors Training Center in Burbank, Calif., protesting GM's plans to crush its EV1 electric vehicles located in the facility's parking lot.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                Chelsea Sexton hugs Paul Scott during a vigil held outside the General Motors Training Center in Burbank, Calif., protesting GM&#8217;s plans to crush its EV1 electric vehicles located in the facility&#8217;s parking lot.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Mel Melcon\/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Mel Melcon\/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>GM loaded the EV1s onto semi trucks, hauled them to Mesa, Ariz., and crushed them. Photos showed flattened EV1s stacked on top of each other. GM said the cars were destroyed because a lack of replacement parts made the EV1 unsafe.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are 2,000 unique parts to this vehicle,&#8221; Barthmuss said. &#8220;Some of them are computer control modules that control the braking on the vehicle. If that part fails, there are some serious safety concerns.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"edTag\">The EV1 was ahead of its time<\/h3>\n<p>Twenty-five years after EV1 production ended, every major automaker is building EVs \u2014 including GM. In October the company <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gm.com\/home.detail.html\/Pages\/topic\/us\/en\/2024\/oct\/1008-investorday.html\">said it&#8217;s on track<\/a> to build about 200,000 EVs this year. GM set a goal to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/02\/01\/962946561\/general-motors-sets-all-electric-target-for-vehicles-by-2035\" target=\"962946561\" rel=\"noopener\">phase out gas-powered vehicles<\/a> by 2035.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5116270-102\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImage1196978858\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/03\/14\/1196978858\/electric-vehicle-perks-ev-charging-environmental-footprint\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset box&quot;,&quot;clickUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.npr.org\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/14\\\/1196978858\\\/electric-vehicle-perks-ev-charging-environmental-footprint&quot;}\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2024\/03\/13\/lk_electric-car-copy_sq-8f81f21c30aa865eb7159578fb37c4e1f9f077a2.jpg?s=100&amp;c=15&amp;f=jpeg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2024\/03\/13\/lk_electric-car-copy_sq-8f81f21c30aa865eb7159578fb37c4e1f9f077a2.jpg?s=100&amp;c=100&amp;f=jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2024\/03\/13\/lk_electric-car-copy_sq-8f81f21c30aa865eb7159578fb37c4e1f9f077a2.jpg?s={width}&amp;c={quality}&amp;f={format}\" data-format=\"webp\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2024\/03\/13\/lk_electric-car-copy_sq-8f81f21c30aa865eb7159578fb37c4e1f9f077a2.jpg?s=100&amp;c=15&amp;f=jpeg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2024\/03\/13\/lk_electric-car-copy_sq-8f81f21c30aa865eb7159578fb37c4e1f9f077a2.jpg?s=100&amp;c=100&amp;f=jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2024\/03\/13\/lk_electric-car-copy_sq-8f81f21c30aa865eb7159578fb37c4e1f9f077a2.jpg?s={width}&amp;c={quality}&amp;f={format}\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2024\/03\/13\/lk_electric-car-copy_sq-8f81f21c30aa865eb7159578fb37c4e1f9f077a2.jpg?s=100&amp;c=100&amp;f=jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2024\/03\/13\/lk_electric-car-copy_sq-8f81f21c30aa865eb7159578fb37c4e1f9f077a2.jpg?s={width}&amp;c={quality}&amp;f={format}\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"You asked, we answered: Your questions about electric vehicles\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5116270-102\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>As for the EV1, some of the little cars <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.edu\/object\/ev1-electric-car-1997%3Anmah_1293145\">escaped the crusher<\/a>. In 2010, former EV1 driver Kris Trexler visited the very car he once plugged in to charge each night. It was in a new home: the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles \u2014 one of only 40 EV1s still intact, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PetersenMuseum\/posts\/the-ev1-was-the-first-modern-mass-produced-electric-vehicle-ev-built-by-a-major-\/10160209516127402\/\">according to the museum<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Wow, this brings back some serious memories,&#8221; Trexler said. &#8220;This is just amazing to see this car again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/12\/06\/nx-s1-5116270\/ev1-general-motors-electric-vehicle\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The General Motors EV1 pioneered technology you can still find in electric vehicles today. 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