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GM Invents Electric Deathmobile In 1973

There's an awful lot of hubbub surrounding the 2010 Chevy Volt, and rightfully so: GM is whipping us over the head with PR talking up a mostly electric car that may actually be useful in the real world. This, of course, doesn't mean they haven't built EV's before. Everyone remembers the GM EV1, an experiment which was eventually pried from public hands and shredded to avoid the crushing liabilities of used cars. But few remember its predecessor, the 1973 GM Urban Electric.

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1:40 PM on Wed Jun 25 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
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Latest by NovaloadMissesPolar: Well there were electric trucks and cars back at the turn of the last centure, into the 1920s. Where the more »

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2011/2012 Chevy Volt

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Chevy Volt Production Image Breaks

A lot of people were excited about the Volt concept and were a bit shocked to learn that the design we saw was not the design we'd get. What we have here, in a press release about wind tunnel testing, is the first teaser image of GM's new electric car. The company plans to reduce the drag as much as possible on the Volt so as to increase the electric range. The nose in the drawing is not quite as dramatic as the Volt concept, but is definitely derivative of the current GM stable. Larger image and press release below.

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4:00 PM on Mon Dec 10 2007
By Matt Hardigree
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Detroit Auto Show: Hybrid Technology Revealed!


Years of wonder gleaned staring at the universe on the ceiling of the Hayden Planetarium and pressing red buttons to activate miniature atomic reactors at the Boston Museum of Science instilled in us early an appreciation of scientific displays. We found this blinking and spinning demonstration of hybrid drive technology at Denso. Educational hilarity ensued. – Mike Bumbeck More »

9:50 AM on Wed Jan 10 2007
By Mike Bumbeck
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Latest by Rob P: They win the middle school science fair blue ribbon. more »