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  • UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.worldtomemes@lemmy.worldFuck Cars
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    1 day ago

    Saw a documentary on how gm killed the electric car they made in to 90s

    GM EV1 electric car was discontinued in the late 1990s after its production run (1996-1999), and GM controversially crushed almost all of them in the early 2000s, sparking the documentary “Who Killed the Electric Car?”. The company stated the decision was due to high production and maintenance costs and the belief that it was not a commercially viable product. The EV1’s demise is often linked to the end of California’s zero-emission vehicle mandate, after which GM and other automakers lobbied to soften the regulations.