Revenge of the Electric Car

NOVEMBER 18, 2008

City Council Member, held a press conference demanding General Motors apologize to the American people for destroying the automaker’s EV1 plug-in electric vehicle. Mr. Holden demanded the EV1’s immediate re-introduction before, or in exchange for, any Government bailout of GM. said Holden.

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Plugs and Cars

MARCH 23, 2007

But there it is in a Detroit News Autos Insider piece today. Just weeks after announcing production, perhaps, in 2010, the industry's hometown paper lets us know this is no done deal. The Volt grabbed headlines, lit up online chat boards and dominated the buzz at the auto show in Detroit.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 27, 2009

This new company, Bright Automotive , is founded by ex-GM EV1 people, and the super efficient Rocky Mountain Institute to make plug-in hybrids in Indiana. To date, the relatively high cost of batteries has kept electric and plug-in vehicles at the fringes of the auto industry. But it does have experience on its side.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 25, 2024

After decades of trumpeting “free trade,” and watching industry after industry decamp to China, the US government has apparently decided to draw a red line in front of the auto industry, and protectionism is back in style. Since the 2008 advent of the Tesla Roadster (or since the 1996 debut of GM’s EV1?),

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

Other editions: Mobile | News Feeds | E-Newsletters | Electronic Edition Find it: Jobs | Cars | Real Estate | Apartments | Shopping | Classifieds Sponsored by: Your browsers security settings are preventing some features from appearing. s ill-fated EV1, which was and remains the only all-electric vehicle from a major automaker.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

“In the auto industry, Detroit is leading the world in electric vehicles. Biden’s statements about the GM CEO leading the electric vehicle transition are pretty interesting, seeing as the automaker is the company that chose to kill the modern electric car in the past by literally crushing the EV1.

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Teslarati

JULY 19, 2022

The Detroit News reported that United Auto Workers Vice President, Terry Dittes, who is head of the union’s GM Department said that this was a slap in the face to UAW and the U.S. President toured GM’s Factory Zero and said that GM: “electrified the entire automotive industry” under CEO Marry Barra’s leadership.

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