American auto giant General Motors has had some troubles ramping up ... and more battery-powered cars every day. The original GM EV1 could only drive about 80 miles on a full charge.

Concurrently, and in response to the way things were going, General Motors began developing the EV1, which went into production in 1996. It is the first ground-s electric car to reach production ...

Former Cruise boss Kyle Vogt says GM "consistently fumbles the ball" when it has a tech lead, and the Origin shuttle is the latest example General Motors repeatedly ... to the EV1, Vogt argued.

Rather than being based on an existing model, the 1997 General Motors EV1 was a brand-new car that looked like something George Jetson might drive, with a sleek, wind-cheating shape right out of a ...