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Revolutionizing the Roads: The GM EV1 and Pioneering Charging Technology

EV Solutions

General Motors innovated the EV market by showcasing their 1990 Impact Experimental, which heavily inspired the first mass-produced electric vehicle: The GM EV1.

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GM heat pump recovers energy from EV battery to power heating & propulsion while helping conserve range: Ultium Energy Recovery

Green Car Congress

Covered by 11 patents and four publications, the development of Ultium energy recovery traces its inception back to GM’s first EV, the EV1, in the late 1990s, when GM engineers first developed an EV heat pump. EV batteries, power electronics and other propulsion components produce heat.

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Survey: 70% of Americans are electric-car virgins, same GM EV1 barriers persist today

Green Car Reports

Power survey released Tuesday suggests that may be partly because most Americans still haven't driven an EV. Almost a decade after the first modern, mainstream, electric cars went on sale, myths and misconceptions persist. The majority of Americans surveyed—70%—had never been in an electric car. That figure is a great reminder.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

It occurred in the wake of the California electricity crisis of 2000 and 2001, when mismanaged deregulation, market manipulation, and environmental catastrophe combined to unhinge the power grid. If too much or too little electricity is present in the power grid, the network can suddenly become unbalanced.

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J.D. Power: Consumer sentiment on future mobility technologies lags far behind automakers plans

Green Car Congress

Power 2020 Q1 Mobility Confidence Index Study fueled by SurveyMonkey Audience. Power was joined by global survey software company SurveyMonkey to conduct the study in which more than 8,500 consumers and industry experts gave their opinions about self-driving vehicles and more than 8,000 about battery-electric vehicles.

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Kia’s first dedicated EV, the 2022 EV6, launches in Times Square

Electrek

I guess “EV1” was taken? Seriously, though, folks, today a big day for Kia, with the unveiling of the new Kia EV6 crossover, the brand’s first-ever dedicated battery electric vehicle.

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Tracing The Ancestry of Today’s Electric Vehicles (Part 3)

CleanTechnica EVs

The GM Sunraycer, and The Quiet Achiever Wikipedia and most other sources will state that GM’s Impact (the EV1’s prototype) grew out of GM’s Sunraycer project. This article is part of a short series on the history of electric vehicles. You can find Part 1 here and Part 2 here. This is definitely true, but […].

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