The Electric Car's Second Act

The electric car is hardly a new innovation. Remember GM's EV1, an electric vehicle released in 1997? GM produced 1,000 EV1s, only to repossess and destroy them. Shortly thereafter, the electric car movement quickly lost steam. Now 10 years later, the electric car is back... and this time the technology appears ready for the mass market.

Jan 26th, 2011

The electric car is hardly a new innovation. Remember GM's EV1, an electric vehicle released in 1997? GM produced 1,000 EV1s, only to repossess and destroy them. Shortly thereafter, the electric car movement quickly lost steam. Now 10 years later, the electric car is back... and this time the technology appears ready for the mass market.

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