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GM EV1
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The General Motors EV1 was perhaps the best of a number of modern Production BEVs.
Even the most popular car model would not do well if: EVDL Y!
- It was available only at two locations in the entire world.
- It was not for sale, you could only lease it.
- An income over $100,000 was required to qualify for a lease.
- To qualify for a lease, you had to pass a written test.
- After qualifying, you may or may not be granted a car lease.
- You had to live within 50 miles of one of the two dealerships.
- You had to wait a year to get one.
GM has discontinued it's electric vehicle program, and is in the process of gathering up most of the 1160 EV1's that were produced. Only about 100 EV1 are left in operation for further research by GM. About 50 were stripped of their parts and the shells donated to museums or colleges. The remaining 1100 were taken to the GM proving ground in Mesa AZ and crushed, or "Recycled"[1]. Many expressed interest in the EV1, despite a total lack of marketing. The few that were able to get into an EV1, did so through a lease since GM refused to sell the car to anyone. If you have an interest in EV's and would like to express that interest please take a look at this Petition. Over 1300 1948 people have signed it, expressing their interest to purchase an EV1.
News
Live EV1
This section has been moved to the GM EV1 WWU Resurrection article.
Next Gen, Volt
Sounds like GM might bring back an EV1 Gen3 style vehicle, named the Chevy Volt.
- 2006.11.09 - GM Details Plans for a Serial PHEV [2] [3] PHEV-20 or -30
- Hope it makes it into production and has 50 to 100 miles of EV range, which would be easy with modern Lithium.
Movies
- See GM EV1 playlist at YouTube.
Imagine the Impact - May 1990
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Who Killed The Electric Car
Visit http://www.whokilledtheelectriccar.com for showtimes
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Preliminary EVConfidentail Trailer 03:52 Early EVConfidentail Directors Note 02:22 |
GM Response
- Maybe if GM repeats these same lines enough times they will become true? But will they help GM survive?
- For an electric car, the EV1 is certainly making a lot of noise. - Internal GM Ad-July 2006
- Who Ignored the Facts About the Electric Car? - By Dave Barthmuss GM Communications - "Know the Facts" according to GM that is.... Well it appears that GM has taken down that page, so here's a copy, something is going on over there....
- "GM invested more than $1 billion in the EV1 program, which included money for installing a charging infrastructure and for marketing the product."
- Well Whoop Di Do for You, somehow this doesn't seem to justify but rather further exacerbates trying to find reason in why all the EV1's were taken out of happy customers hands and crushed? "Because we spent billions and invested in charging infrastructure" doesn't explain away or justify a single thing? And why the infrastructure, why not put the charger on-board and use "normal" outlets? --
- "Even with extensive publicity, award-winning advertising and customer incentives the Electric Vehicle program was not a commercially viable business."
- What the Bleep? You call down right existential/spooky albeit award-winning adds in 2 or 3 select cities when potential buyers had to "qualify" giving it a fair shot? Pssst, Where's that Gen3 Hybrid-EV1 guys, or would that have made it a practical vehicle for 100% of people instead of only 90%? --
- "GM leveraged advanced technology to create the Saturn Vue Green Line Hybrid. It will hit showrooms later this summer, incorporating a new, more affordable gas-electric technology."
- Gee that's great, your only 6 or 7 years behind the game. Where is your Hybrid/Electric Corvette? That's what the EV1 was supposed to be for me. I don't need a stinkin' truck, no offense to those who do, maybe try a Chevrolet S10 EV(some survive), Ford Ranger EV(some escaped), Toyota RAV4 EV(now selling for ~60K 6 years old). Toss a nice quiet and clean Honda gen-set in the back and Walla, a Hybrid! Curious, why can't we Plug-In today's batch of Hybrids, isn't it? Too bad GM sold off their NiMH interests, that wasn't to smart. --Rjf 16:25, 19 July 2006 (CDT) Damn, all this spin can sorta make one a little dizzy.
- "GM invested more than $1 billion in the EV1 program, which included money for installing a charging infrastructure and for marketing the product."
- Who Ignored the Facts About the Electric Car? - By Dave Barthmuss GM Communications - "Know the Facts" according to GM that is.... Well it appears that GM has taken down that page, so here's a copy, something is going on over there....
See a related thread on the evdl [10]
Future Crush
Google Video FutureCrusH Video about the rallies to save the EV1 EVDL_Maillist:2006./1./1934
- A series of interviews with experts, customers, and enthusiasts regarding the controversial decision by General Motors to kill its own brilliantly successful EV1 electric car program, which was followed quickly by the secretive, dramatic, and expensive seizure and crushing of most of the 1,100 high performance, zero emissions, gasoline-free, market ready EV1 vehicles in existence. Director and Producer: Mike Patterson
An EV1 Experiance
An EV1 Experience is video I took while renting a GM EV1 from evrentals at LAX in 2002 before they were crushed.
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00:32 - 10 Sold one
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See also
- WikiPedia:General Motors EV1
- http://ev1-club.power.net
- http://www.gmev.com (Offline, go figure) Try This
- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ev-list-archive/message/4178
- Impact_drag_race1.mov Movie of it beating a Nissan 300ZX and Mazda Miata.
- Hybrid EV1
- EERE.Energy.Gov Reports
Attempts to save the EV1
- http://homepages.cae.wisc.edu/~vehicle/, click on Quarterly newsletter on the left column, then winter 2005, page 2!
- http://saveev1.org
- http://ev1.org
- http://evnut.com/
http://www.darelldd.com/ev/ev1_crushed.htm - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61508-2003Oct21.html
- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ev-list-archive/message/9895
- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ev-list-archive/message/5626
- http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=14032
- http://www2.townonline.com/newton/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=314135
- EVLN(GM the EV killer-LONG) - EVDL_Maillist:2006./7./1453 & Y!70123
Acquiring an EV1 and Personal Accounts
- 2006.10.22 - Faults of the EV1
- 2006.10.21 - Playing with an EV-1 and/or GM... Any suggestions?
- http://amandacongdon.com/roadblog/2006/10/17/ev1-madness Here's a recent video of another EV1 being used by U of Wisconsin
- Michigan State University's EV-1
- 2006.07.17 - Did GM really hit people up for damages on cars that were going to the crusher?
- Conspiracy Corner : From Electric Cars to Demon Weed
- http://www.kingoftheroad.net/charge_across_america/charge_html/chargehome.html
- GM employees surprised how smooth EV1 drives, Bruce EVangel Parmenter
- Car & Driver's Bedard Got It Wrong, Darell Dickey
- My first step into the electric car wars, Bruce EVangel Parmenter
- Eee Vee One Fun, David Dymaxion
- BEV's Story, Bruce EVangel Parmenter
- My day with the GM EV1 - Road Joy, By Brad
- Living in the Past, Getting Beat by yhe Future, John Wayland
- last rental GM EV1 available until end of Sep, Chris Yoder
- Emissions-free car on trial, The Boston Globe
- 2006.05.23 - The EV1 transports us back to the future of cars
- 2005.09 http://www.byuracecar.com/about.html
- 2005.06 http://www.georgewbush.org/forum/lofiversion/index.php?t16860.html
- 2003.03 http://www.evworld.com/archives/interviews2/ghansen2.html - CARB ZEV Mandate
- 2001-2003 http://www.electrifyingtimes.com/ev1crush.html
- 2002.09 http://www.cleanup-gm.com/ev1.html
- 1996.05 http://saccityweb.com/seva/evupdate/1996/evup0596.html - SEVA EVUpdate Newsletter
- http://www.kirschfdn.org/done/enviro_articles_archived.html
- VIDEO ABC News Story on the EV1
- VIDEO POV Chris Paine talking about the Electric Car and the Funeral they held.
- EVWorld Blogger Joseph Lado on the EV1 Vigil in Burbank, California that started the move to make the movie Who Killed the Electric Car?
GM Produced 648 Generation I cars, and 186 Generation II. 834 Cars in all. Still looking for accurate production numbers
ElectricDrive Specs
Data from http://electricdrive.org Vehicle Size : Overall Length (in.): 169.7 Overall Width (in.): 69.5 Overall Height (in.): 50.5 Wheel Base (in.): 98.9 Curb Weight (lbs.): PbA - 3086/2908 - NiMH Payload (lbs.): N/A Number of Occupants: 2 passengers Electric Power Plant : Voltage: PbA - 312v/ 343v - NiMH Motor Type: 3 Phase AC Induction Horsepower: 137 hp Power: 102 kW Battery Type: PbA/NiMH Battery Modules: 26 Vehicle Systems : Recharging Specifications: Inductive Charging Transmission: Automatic Suspension: Front: Aluminum short/long arms with coil spring over shock absorber with stabilizer bar/ Rear: Multi-Link aluminum beam with panhard rod (enhance rear suspension geometry for Gen. II car. Steering: Electro-Hydraulic - Power rack (speed sensitive, variable effort) & pinion system Air Bags: Driver and Passenger Side Tires: P175/65R14 - Michelin Proximal puncture resistant, self-sealing Brake Assist: Electro-Hydraulic, power assisted front and electric rear with blended regenerative Regenerative Braking: Equipped Anti-Lock Braking System (ABS): 4-Wheel Equipped Air Conditioning/Heater: Equipped Audio System (AM/FM/CD): AM/FM Cassette and CD Performance : Range: PbA - 55-95 miles/ Ni-MH 75-130 miles Acceleration: 0 - 60 mph in less than 9 seconds Maximum Speed: 80 mph Recharging Time: PbA - 5.5 to 6 hours/ Ni-MH - 6 to 8 hours Contact Information: 1-800-25-ELECTRIC http://www.gmev.com Availability - Out of Production - Releasing the recalled Gen I and II Vehicles