Modern electric cars at 20: from EV1 to Bolt EV, where are we now?

1996 General Motors EV1

Twenty years ago today, the very first GM EV1 electric cars were delivered to 40 lessees in California in a blaze of publicity. Since then, plug-in electric vehicles have seen more than their share of ups and downs. That first EV1 was a high-tech two-seater created specifically to meet California’s then-current zero-emission vehicle rules… …read more