Manufacturing Industry

GM OFFICIALLY DROPPING ELECTRIC CARS.

Advanced Materials & Composites News, April, 2003

April 8, 2003 - General Motors Corp. EV1 electric cars are to meet their fate, vehicles that it heralded as recently as two years ago as "the car of the future" but now being dropped.

California has relaxed its strict zero emissions vehicle pollution regulation, so GM is taking the cars off the road when leases expire because it can no longer supply parts to repair them, said GM spokesman Dave Barthmuss.

Major automakers have stopped production because the vehicles were limited to a range of about 100 miles, required lengthy recharges and their high purchase cost made them unappealing to a wide group of drivers.

The California Air Resources Board staff has suggested a new plan letting auto companies reach the 10% fuel efficiency quota with...

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