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 ...

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 ...

Where do we even begin with this auction? For those unaware, this is a General Motors EV1 – the pioneering electric car that lived in the late 1990s before Tesla was even a blip. It's still the only ...

Howard University wants to make it perfectly clear that its super rare GM EV1 is not an abandoned vehicle. Therefore, it should certainly not be towed, impounded, and auctioned into private hands. The ...

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 ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This collection documents the design, testing, production and promotion of the first zero-emission electric car produced by a major car company, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Seven ideas show up before technology, buyers, or timing can support them. The GM EV1 becomes an early EV that fights ...