It was the most reliable car he had ever driven — that's how Kris Trexler remembered his General Motors EV1. "It was just a car that I took home, plugged in at night, got up the next morning — it was ...

Writer and occasional reluctant perpetrator of engine swaps, James O'Neil is a malaise era enthusiast and also fascinated by the many ways the auto industry has since recovered from those dark days.

The EV1 was the first modern, mass-produced electric vehicle from a major automaker — pioneering some technologies you can still find in today's... This little electric car made history. 25 years ago, ...

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