Scale Model of an Ev1 Car in a Small Display Case
name: label: maker
content: General Motors Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: The EV1 was the first modern electric car designed for a mass market. In 1990, the California Air Resources Board required automakers to offer emission-free vehicles by 1998. Of the various makes and models of electric vehicles placed on the road in California, only the EV1 was designed from scratch. Its aerodynamic shape and advanced power management systems, developed by AeroVironment Inc., GM Electric Vehicles, Hughes Electronics, and other GM subsidiaries, made the new car practical, energy efficient, and appealing to consumers. Beginning in 1996, General Motors built 1,117 EV1 cars and leased most of them to consumers in California, Arizona, and Georgia. Lessees liked the EV1, but in 2003 GM abruptly canceled the program, citing high production costs and a small potential market for future sales of electric cars. But concerns about air pollution and climate change, and consumer interest in lower energy cost per mile, created a market for electric cars. In 2010 GM began selling the Chevrolet Volt, a hybrid car with a gasoline-charged electric motor. The all-electric Nissan LEAF, Tesla Model S, Ford Focus Electric, and Chevrolet Spark EV expanded energy choice while eliminating tailpipe emissions.
label: Location
content: Currently on loan
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content: Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
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content: Transportation
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content: Road Transportation
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Robert Purcell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0033.01
label: accession number
content: 2006.0033
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0033.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (base and frame material)
label: Physical Description
content: clear acrylic (top and sides material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 24 cm x 59 cm x 32 cm; 9 7/16 in x 23 1/4 in x 12 5/8 in
label: Measurements
content: model: 11 cm x 43 cm x 20 cm; 4 5/16 in x 16 15/16 in x 7 7/8 in