The first modern electric car
The General Motors EV1 was the first mass-produced modern electric car. It was released in 1996, but a few years later almost every car was recalled and crushed.
This electric car revolution is finally on the horizon: many car manufacturers have promised to make only electric vehicles in the near future, in response to the climate emergency. But the first mass-produced modern electric car, the General Motors EV1, was launched back in 1996. Within a few short years it was scrapped: almost every vehicle was recalled and crushed, and the car of the future disappeared in history鈥檚 rear-view mirror. Viv Jones hears the story from one of the car鈥檚 creators, research engineer Wally Rippel.
Photo: The GM EV1 (Kim Kulish/Sygma via Getty Images)
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