EV1 Electric Car, 1997
date: label: date made
content: 1997
name: label: maker
content: General Motors Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: In 1996, General Motors began leasing a new generation of electric cars to consumers. This car was leased to an individual in California from 1998 to 2000. It is the last one produced in the first series, which had lead-acid batteries; the second series had nickel-metal hydride batteries with greater range. GM developed the EV1 to meet a requirement for emission-free vehicles in California. It was aerodynamic and had a sophisticated, computer-controlled energy management and propulsion system. Many drivers liked the EV1, but GM chose not to mass-produce the car because of its projected high price and limited market.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Michigan
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content: Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
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content: Automobiles
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content: America on the Move
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content: Transportation
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content: Road Transportation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2005.0061.01
label: accession number
content: 2005.0061
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0061.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: GM EV1 electric car
label: Object Name
content: Electric car
label: Object Name
content: electric car
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: aluminum (part material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (part material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (part material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabrics (part material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (part material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 3/16 ft x 5 13/16 ft x 4 1/4 ft; 4.3181 m x 1.7779 m x 1.2954 m