Interesting insider info on the EV1

[ericNdfw]

Decent article by a former GM EV program Vehicle Test and Development manager debating some of the "myths" we have heard about the EV1.

https://www.hagerty.com/media/automotive-history/gm-ev1-true-inside-story

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[Carsinmyblood]

Decent article by a former GM EV program Vehicle Test and Development manager debating some of the "myths" we have heard about the EV1.

https://www.hagerty.com/media/automotive-history/gm-ev1-true-inside-story

A huge waste of money and reputation. It should have died long before the body was stamped. All of the problems encountered were predicted, and on paper didn't make sense for the very reason it failed. The lack of batteries.

 

[ericNdfw]

A huge waste of money and reputation. It should have died long before the body was stamped.

Well, that’s certainly one opinion to have.

Another is that they pioneered a lot of the tech that ended up in today’s EV’s. I know that’s definitely true of the two Volt’s I had before my MME.

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