First Ever Production Electric Car - EV1

[@edwilko8819]

and they sold none. all leased then all crushed. oil company cover up

[@duncanyourmate2433]

unless you could pay out your lease immediatley , some did ,

[@kakurerud7516]

@@duncanyourmate2433 for the ev1 there were no lease buy out options. Toyota did have this option which is why you can still find them on the road.

[@duncanyourmate2433]

@@kakurerud7516 why does Jay Leno own one and as far as I can research, there is 8 more in museums? ,I don't understand, I know all were apparently crushed yet this seems to be not in %100 of cases? I don't know why ?

[@blindedepisode]

duncan yourmate Jay Leno’s friend gave GM a pricey deal just to keep his EV1, in which GM accepted. The ones in museums are possibly the ones that are spared by GM. The rest are abandoned in college/university campuses, which were used for programs.

[@christopherwolf2157]

It was R&D

[@Robandriends]

The EV-1 was never for sale !! GM only leased them.....

[@duncanyourmate2433]

you could pay out the lease , thats why some exist

[@callum4035]

duncan yourmate you need to do some research,

[@nolahahnshouse3389]

Fast forward 20 years electric cars are some of the fastest and most practical cars on the road now!

[@LucasFernandez-fk8se]

no. no they arent. We need 500-1000 mile range for them to be as or more practical then a gas car. Gas cars have 300-500 mile ranges usually but can be instantly refilled. Where as if you were to take a road trip in an electric car then it would be a nightmare on anything less then 1000 miles of range. But when we finally get to 1000 miles of range they will be able to cover what a days worth of freeway driving can cover which means they will finally be perfect.

[@bornofsource9419]

@@LucasFernandez-fk8se i was about to say the same thing.

[@everythingyousayiscorrect]

@@LucasFernandez-fk8sethey will get there. Hell for now They are a lot better and a lot more practical than what the hell the EV one was like. We’re going to trade in our car next year around Christmas time for an EV.

[@JackoBanon1]

@@LucasFernandez-fk8se No normal person drives ranges like that each day. But EVs are still able to drive long range.

[@MadmaxMusic93]

@@LucasFernandez-fk8se 500-1000 miles are you stupid lmao, why in the fuck should they be most gas powered cars aren't even 400 miles 🤣🤣🤣🤣 hahahahaha

[@elitefamilyparkour]

There already were electric cars in the early 1900s :)

[@mikeparkes7922]

Elite Family First (crude) electric car 1832, but first practical electric cars, late 1870's.

[@zoemeow7677]

Elite Family my mommy made them when was little but was shut down early on isnt it funny but used to make em when was little wow i love is sweet way to help environment :)

[@cawfeedawg]

THis is funny.. everything the narrator says is GM propaganda.. They killed it because there was Too much demand.

[@NBM3]

The drivers loved them !!! Lines around the block to lease them ..and they were fast . GM used the battery life as an excuse ...the r and d battery guys were screaming ,we'll have this problem fixed in a year !! GM bent over for big oil ... They haf the best most loved electric car in yhe world ..with nowhere to go but up . They made the worst business decision in auto history by scrapping the EV 1. Imagine where we'd be today ....

[@MrJonsonville5]

Electric cars were very popular between the 1890s and 1920, actually in 1900 40% of all cars on the road were electric. So no, electric cars were not first made in the 50s, and the first production electric cars were over 100 years before the EV1. If you couldn't even get that part right, why should I believe anything you say about anything?

[@mattpackwood6737]

Can we get history straight please. The original EV1 batteries were lead-acid. In 1994, General Motors acquired a controlling interest in Ovonic's battery development and manufacturing, including patents controlling the manufacturing of large nickel metal hydride (NiMH) batteries. From 1998 the EV1 was produced with NiMH batteries. On October 10, 2000, Texaco announced the purchase of General Motors' share in GM Ovonics. Then Chevron announced its acquisition of Texaco six days later. By 2002, 1,117 EV1s had been produced, although production had ended in 1999, when GM shut down the EV1 assembly line. All of them were leased, not sold. In November 2003, GM began reclaiming all the cars which were then crushed. About 40 were donated to museums and educational institution but with the drivetrain and batteries removed and legal restrictions not allowing them on the public roads. Chevron which now held the patent for large NiMH battery packs declined to allow anyone to manufacture these batteries. Chevron killed the electric car but GM allowed this to happen by selling their shares of Ovonics to Texaco which later became part of Chevron.

[@fluffsipad7462]

First electric car that went into production (true production) was the baker motor vehicle they built cars in 1899 to 1914 they it merged with Detroit electric they ran from 1907 to 2008 but Thomas Parker his car company the Elwell - Parker company in London was the first electric production car in 1884 to 1887. But Parker cars was prototypes. So how did gm a car company that started in 1909 build the first electric car for the people? Gm their first electric car is on the moon. So they got the first car in space before Tesla by 47 years.

[@toyotaprius79]

For a good while, I couldn't tell if this was a silly and sarcastic joke, but Howard Stableford just has that tone. It's wise to do research before comparing or talking about any subject for that matter, if not, it's hard to distinguish that work as a lack of research and effort or propaganda piece.

[@TheOzzyMartin1]

its fascinating just how competent the ev1 was, though its mostly for show because a big reason it could only be lease was because those batteries wore out, by modern standards, very quickly. but seriously 3 hours to fully charge the car is nothing and 100miles in 97 is insane

[@paulgracey4697]

The competency of the EV-1 came about because GM did not design its prototype, the "Impact". It was designed by Aerovironment Corp. in California, with very good aerodynamics. That AC induction motor design was copied by GM's Delco division and later got sold to Tesla who, because they were not skilled in understanding the simple analog circuitry, completely revised it with digital to analog conversion methods for their car. The Impact's electronics could reconfigure the motor windings and its circuitry in such a way as to be able to charge from any AC source. Tesla Then had to add a separate charging circuit capable of just two standard voltages found world wide, and adding even more circuitry for the Direct DC fast charging we expect today. Although the battery for the Impact and the early version of the EV-1 was Lead-Acid, the later EV-1 used Nickel Metal Hydride which the (paddle charged) Toyota RAV-4 EV also used. Some of those are still on the road, those batteries are so robust. Too bad that an oil company bought the patent rights. The paddle charging system designed by the company I worked for, Hughes Aircraft, then a division of GM, was also getting better and would have been much faster by now. It was and is totally unnecessary though as even then it was possible to send low voltage signals to insure the car was connected properly before the wall charge port would energize the high charging voltage.

[@Freetheworldnow]

Would be nice to see this car revived using today's technology. It has great potential. But battery technology still needs much more research. 1000km range should be the norm, not 100km.

[@mikeparkes7922]

The Tesla has a 540km range. More with deceleration and braking.

[@kevinloving5688]

Pierre Flamand True Nikola Tesla was doing research into wireless electric technology we need revive his research.

[@VoodooGMusic]

@@kevinloving5688 Wireless electricity doesn't work like that. You'd need huge magnetic fields which would need an enormous amount of power. It is utterly unpractical for EVs, it is more geared towards providing power within a building complex to every single device without needing wires, and even there it is still crazily expensive.

[@kevinloving5688]

@@VoodooGMusic You can convert radio waves into either dc or ac power.

[@VoodooGMusic]

@@kevinloving5688 The power output is tiny, and the further away you are from the source, the less energy you'd get, also the converters would be so tiny, that they'd break under any kind of higher voltage. you could power a 1920s radio with that, but not a car.

[@jamesdond1]

My memory of the EV1 was from a retired couple I met in Tuscon AZ who on one of their first trips had a very bad experience. They got stranded in the desert and almost died when the thing ran out of charge. They could not wait to get rid of the thing. They thought the car should never have been made!

[@KF1]

same could be said for someone who didn't read their gas gauge.

[@markplott4820]

Men & Motors - Actually , Electric cars were Invented & Produced in the Thousands before 1900. the BAKER electric car had a Range of 100+ miles and a Top Speed of 45 mph, FAST for the time.

[@DjJoeEmeric]

I don't understand why nobody talking about PSA peugeot and citroen who made in the same period electric cars without success .... search for peugeot 106 electric on wiki " In the end, only 6,400 Peugeot 106 Électriques were sold between 1995 and 2003 "

[@marvenlunn6086]

Electric cars we're in production before gas cars gas cars took over the market because they were cheaper and faster fueling

[@VoodooGMusic]

20 years later, the batteries are still huge but companies arenT' too stupid to build a plattform that can propperly fit them, also fastcharging has made long trips possible, both of these things would have been possible 20 years ago, although be it not as refined. The EV1 failed because GM and the others *wanted* EVs to fail, not because of the technology.

[@thedemotivationalspeaker3090]

I actually saw an EV-1 recently in Orange County and my dad told me how they were recalled and destroyed because they lasted too long and didn't need enough repairs.

[@cliffcurtistruth]

Sorry but since none of us saw any of these, Tesla by Elon Musk takes the title of "First Production Electric Car" and this time it will sell because the "Roadster" model is the fastest car on the road (225 mph, 0-60 in 1.9 seconds).

[@Dibs1499]

Elon musk: yea I think I’m going go electric

[@klopecx902]

1996 - 20 years that's an youngtimer

[@jacksonbangs6603]

Bet they could never see a company like Tesla coming!

[@GerbilNoises]

What's the orange car at 0:10?

[@mikeparkes7922]

Michael Street GM XP-512E electric (concept) car from the late 60's. There was also a XP-511 before it, along with a XP-512G (gasoline) and XP-512H (hybrid). Just Google "xp-511 electric car" for various items and pics.

[@GerbilNoises]

Mike Parkes Thanks, I couldn't read the side but it looked like a funny little car.

[@mikeparkes7922]

Michael Street Cool

[@eggsacc716]

Whats the car at 0:24

[@mikeparkes7922]

Egg Sacc 1969 GM XP-511E (electric) concept car. There was also a XP-512E, along with a XP-512G (gasoline) and XP-512H (hybrid). Just Google "xp-511 electric car" for various items and pics.

[@carlitoon9451]

It's the Peugeot Tulip concept car. Sorry it took 4 years for you to find out.

[@rosepetaldrone3226]

They were NEVER offered for sale, only leased.

[@carlitoon9451]

Whats the car at 0:25?

[@starwarsfreakal]

Also this was not the first production electric car by any means the first one was a Baker electric 1909 look it up

[@healthyhuman2360]

And in 2020 nothing has changed much. Still using Lithium Ion technology from the early 90's 3 phase AC motors and while I type this my car still has 2 hours and 27 minutes before it's finished charging...

[@josephpadula2283]

Lots has changed. This car had lead acid batteries similar to normal car batteries. Had a 90 Mile range. The second generation had NiMh batteries with 125 mile range. Lithium In cars came about because the patent holders of the NiMh battery never sold any to use in cars. Alan Coconni of AC propulsion used lithium laptop batteries instead after the EV-1 s were crushed. His design is underlying basis for Tesla fleet.

[@evolt7553]

No. A lot has changed. Lithium-ion batteries are very much different (in composition, energy density, charging times, and power density) from the ones in the 1990s. Cars can now recharge from 10 % - 80 % in 25 minutes at rapid charging stations.

[@petrosspetrosgali]

The first production electric car was in 1900 or so.

[@fivesticks8219]

The gm ev1 was not the first electric production car. the first ev was made in the 1900’s

[@material___]

there was no "owner" of an EV1. they were lease only.

[@miniatures1]

Boy it's amazing how bias these programs where back then trying to down play how successful these cars would have been if GM would have just SOLD them when people placed an order for one instead of only making a few hundred of them over 4 years and only leasing them. Think about it when dodge partnered with cummins to make the first domestic pickup truck with a industrial grade diesel engine engine they didn't expect to sell more then 10,000 trucks for the 1989 model year well they ended up getting orders for almost double that and had to stop taking orders because the demand was so great they couldn't make them fast enough. Now imagine dodge saying "we'll we just aren't getting the response we thought we would the consumer just doesn't want a cummins powered dodge pickup truck lets cancel all orders and the trucks we did make just take them out to the middle of the desert and crush them all." Use your heads people if a company can make money off of use they are going to do it so that only means one thing someone offered more money then GM could have made off of these cars. Don't fall for this crap it's all propaganda.

[@x-wingerchannels]

Part 6:09 testa got u coverd

[@Robandriends]

Those cars were NOT sold, they were only leased.So,GM stayed the owner....

[@klopecx902]

Cool EV CAR!

[@leenevin8451]

such a sad story

[@AdrianoMachado01]

Só deixei meu comentário para equilibrar a balança de idiomas aqui!

[@Sailingon]

Wonder which petrol company put a gun to someone's head

[@brianbloom1799]

There,s been a Mandela effect, This is not the first electric car ,1986 was the first,, I saw it 250 thousand were destroyed ,it looked like a Chevy Monza , They were ordered by industrial complex ,not to release the car. They just wiped this car from History SAD

[@badchefi]

Little did he know....

[@williamclark3671]

Hi nice electric car

[@FNKOK]

Gibt es schon lange , e Autos alt

[@jamesleonard5572]

Gm had the idea too bad Tesla took it

[@mujjuman]

nice music but the channel should be "women and cars"

[@opex97]

Красивая

[@claudiocioffi8978]

TESLA IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN THIS SHIT

[@NorahADooley]

Lots of lies in this video

[@jeroenjansen2709]

It shows elon musk's genius. He produced a proper car, not these toy car bubbles.