EV1

Uploaded on Feb 4, 2009 by Darell Dickey My 1997 EV1. Footage taken in November, 2003 just a week before the car was returned, under duress, to my local Saturn dealer. Soon after, the car was crushed. As you can clearly see, the car deserved a good crushing - for my own good.

Uploaded on Jul 14, 2008

A decade ago GM's electric car, the EV1, was a flop in the marketplace. But with gas over four dollars a gallon it would probably attract a lot more attention today.

Back when it was launched, the EV1 was revolutionary. It had a host of innovative features like regenerative braking and light-weight construction. But none of that could stop GM from pulling the plug on the program just a few years ago.

Uploaded on Sep 21, 2007

Sep 2006
Did General Motors deliberately sabotage the marketing of electric cars because they threatened the motor industry? That's the allegation made in a controversial new documentary.

Uploaded on Sep 21, 2007

Sep 2006
Did General Motors deliberately sabotage the marketing of electric cars because they threatened the motor industry? That's the allegation made in a controversial new documentary.

On November 14th 2008 This press conference was held at the very same GM facility where the EV1 Vigil took place during February and March 2005 To Protest against GM's plans to crush and completely destroy & erase any traces that the GM EV1 had ever existed this included making 1,077 GM EV1 Car's completely disappear.

The original introduction of General Motors' Impact concept car (released later as the EV1) at the 1990 LA Auto Show.

When GM recalled and crushed the EV1 fleet, a few survived and were given to museums and research institutions. However, in every case the EV1's were lobotomized and non-functional. But, intrepid folks managed to resurrect a few of them.

This is a series of videos shot by a Seattleite who rented an EV1 in 2006 from evrentals in Los Angeles - shortly before the recall and crushing.

When GM started the process of recalling and eventually crushing all the EV1's, the EV1 lease-holders staged a mock funeral