American auto giant General Motors has had some troubles ramping up the production of its modern electric cars, but with those troubles finally sorted, it’s churning out more and more battery-powered ...

GM EV1 was not the first electric vehicle ever to hit the market, but surely its story was controversial enough to make everything else fade into history. With or without controversies, the EV1 was a ...

The vigil in Burbank is now in its fourth week, a period made miserable at times by torrential rains. Twenty-four hours a day, day in and day out, a dedicated group of enthusiasts has been camped out ...

While the corner-placed viewfinder is quickly becoming a popular design for its mix of retro charm and compact form factor, few companies make a true rangefinder like Leica. But Leica’s newest ...

With Earth Day approaching, it's worth remembering the first modern dedicated electric car from a major automaker—the General Motors EV1. Industry trade journal Automotive News is publishing a series ...

The GM EV1 was never supposed to end up in private hands. One has, and the team working on restoring it had been fearful of reprisals from GM that could endanger the project. Instead, GM President ...

The General Motors EV1 was rather well-loved by the customers that drove them in the late 1990s, but it’s clear that this red EV1, which was recently spotted by a Twitter user rotting in a parking ...

An entire generation of American consumers view Elon Musk as the heroic pioneer of the electric automobile. But Musk and Tesla weren't first; they just emerged in an era of better battery technology — ...

Hardly anyone doubts now that electric cars are the future. Not only are they more environmentally friendly, but they also often match internal combustion engine cars in performance. When you think ...

You never know where an interesting car might turn up. This rare General Motors EV1 has been hiding in plain sight, parked outside behind Howard University's school of engineering in Washington, D.C., ...

When General Motors pulled the plug on the GM EV1 program, it set about removing the vehicles from the road and having them destroyed. The small number of GM EV1 vehicles that weren’t destroyed by GM ...