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Bring Back the EV1 Press Conference

Revenge of the Electric Car

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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Rolls-Royce eras in an all-electric plan by 2030, unveils Spectre EV

Teslarati

Rolls-Royce has a rich 115-year history of building iconic, legendary, and luxury automobiles to the select few who are willing to pay the massive price tag that comes along with them. In 2011, EVs were not mainstream, and most automotive enthusiasts were only familiar with GM’s EV1 and Tesla’s original Roadster.

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My Tesla arrives in Los Angeles!

Revenge of the Electric Car

It’s been five years since my last silver all electric sports car, a GM EV1, was infamously destroyed. America’s first ground-up design pure electric sportscar since the EV1 arrives again. What sold me was knowing this was speed and a new era of clean domestically powered American automobiles. I am very very lucky!

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Icelanders get a sneak peek of REVENGE

Revenge of the Electric Car

He was invited to appear through the magic of webcams and satellite communication to join a panel discussion on the benefits and challenges of the transformative technologies of electric automobiles. It was anxiously awaited and very warmly received; we believe the audience enjoyed the footage immensely.

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

Cars That Think

Photo-illustration: Max-o-matic; photo source: Alec Brooks The AC Propulsion experiment thus became an obscure footnote in the tortuous saga of the green automobile. In the early years of the automobile, battery-powered electric cars were competitive with cars fueled by gasoline and other types of propulsion.

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Interview with Chris Paine in the Whole Life Times

Revenge of the Electric Car

Paine was one of the first to lease a General Motors EV1 in 1997 — only to get the car wrenched away from him five years later when he took it in simply to get a brake light fixed. Paine followed the plight of his EV1 to its (literally) crushing end. I never liked automobiles because I don’t like burning gasoline.

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EVs for posterity

Electric Auto Association

EVs on display at the California Automobile Museum. The Sacramento Electric Vehicle Association (SacEV) has a history of holding chapter meetings at the California Automobile Museum , but until last year, it was on a very occasional basis. SacEV chapter meets at the California Automobile Museum.

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