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ELECTRIC VETERANS; The people who made the EV1 happen are still revolutionizing the auto industry.(NEWS)
Byline: KEVIN A. WILSON
Ten years afterward, critics of General Motors often cite the cancellation of the EV1 electric-car program as evidence of the company's failure. The car itself, launched in California and parts of Arizona in 1996 and canceled in 1999 (though some stayed on the road through 2003), remains an engineering landmark.
The EV1 was the first modern all-electric vehicle and the most energy-efficient, private-use automobile ever produced. Its influence on the industry and the culture at large goes beyond what the small number built might suggest. Although there were fewer than 1,200 EV1s and the vast majority were crushed in one of the ...
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