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At Witz' End: GM EV1 - The Real Story, Q&A III

Editor's Note: If you missed Gary's previous articles on the history of GM's EV1, please start here. This post is the third of three posts where he answers reader questions that the EV1 series raised. Part I is here and Part II is here. Once again, questions may have been edited for space. Honest answers to more probing questions. You brush off the important facts that led many people to believe in a conspiracy theory. For example, you say, 'For whatever reason...only 500 EV1's were built.' What is the reason? As you mentioned, the EV1 wasn't ... Read more →

At Witz' End: GM EV1 - The Real Story, Q&A II Gary Witzenburg

Editor's Note: If you missed Gary's previous articles on the history of GM's EV1, please start here. This post is the second of three posts where he answers reader questions that the EV1 series ...

At Witz' End: GM EV1 - The Real Story, Q&A Gary Witzenburg

People are most critical of the things they least understand. – Paul W. Spoor, Bits & Pieces, September 2008. Why is it so important to some to cast GM as a villain? To believe that the only ...

At Witz' End: GM EV1 - The Real Story, Part IV Gary Witzenburg

NOTE: If you missed them, please start by reading parts one, two and three in Gary's EV1 series. What was learned, and is being applied today "As has been stated in comments [to the] previous two ...

At Witz' End: GM EV1 - The Real Story, Part III Gary Witzenburg

NOTE: If you missed them, you can read parts one and two. High tech development, market launch and retreat Because its 1,175-pound pack of 27 advanced lead-acid (PbA) batteries - 26 propulsion, one ...

At Witz' End - EV1 - The Real Story, Part II 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Note: read part one of this story here. Pause and rebirth I joined the GM EV effort in April, 1991 and began pulling together a small team of test and development engineers and technicians at GM's Proving Grounds near Milford, MI. One vivid early memory was driving the Impact concept car down a ...

At Witz End - GM's EV1, the True Story, part I 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Triumph of technology set the stage for the future Our gift is a world of opportunity. To leave it a better place than we found it is our greatest gift to the next generation. – Ken Baker, GM Electric Vehicles "Since when does being an auto engineer makes you smarter than scientists ...

At Witz' End - Gas Prices - What To Do, What To Do? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Left: "We can't drill our way out of this!" Right: "We can't conserve our way out of this!" Chorus: "We must innovate our way out of this!" (Maybe, but how long will that take? What will it cost? Who will pay?) Democrats: "Big Oil's fault! Confiscate their profits!" Republicans: "Environmentalists' ...

At Witz' End - Lies and Deceptions 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Scientists challenge today's biggest and most dangerous lie A few months ago, I was asked to speak to a group of engineers and researchers toiling on high-tech projects under the auspices of USCAR (United States Council for Automotive Research), the umbrella organization for collaborative research ...


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