I leased an EV-1 for 2-1/2 years. Mine was a 1999 -- with the NiMH batteries. It was a very cool car, and I was pissed when GM made it clear that they were going to take them all back. So I switched to a Toyota RAV4-EV, which I drove for a decade until I took delivery of my Model S.
@Sebast1an89
5 жыл бұрын
Those rav-4 EV where good?
@electrictroy2010
5 жыл бұрын
EV1 was a leased car. Like renting, you don’t get your money back .
@jeffystocker7457
2 жыл бұрын
You should of hid the ev1 in a forest and siad it was stolen
@randyhare6527
5 жыл бұрын
Teslas success is pretty much all GMs failures. The ev1, the autonomy chassis, and the nummi factory.
@cd23
5 жыл бұрын
I took my driver's test in an EV1. I miss that car. Now I drive a TM3.
@cd23
5 жыл бұрын
@thomas anderson easy... Had a good friend with one. It had to be destroyed with all the other GM recalls. I just happened to be the right age for my driver's test when he had it.
@forwardfaith
5 жыл бұрын
Holy cow, you are a legend.
@ryneprince7113
4 жыл бұрын
@@cd23 well you are a liar. They never went to market.
@ryneprince7113
4 жыл бұрын
@@cd23 you're age sir?
@logansmokes.2762
2 жыл бұрын
Ok Tm3 ev-1 is it just a more modern updated version with quadruple the power and range
@BenSullinsOfficial
5 жыл бұрын
So nuts to see the EV1 in real life, I think it's GMs best design in years!
@tony_25or6to4
5 жыл бұрын
GM blew it. Think about all the data they lost by killing the EV1.
@markleyg
5 жыл бұрын
@@tony_25or6to4 They didn't loose any data. They built the Volt and Bolt from what they learned. Do agree, however, that it was a bad move on their part.
@gullepomp
5 жыл бұрын
There would not be a tesla if GM had kept producing the EV1. GM would still have all their factories open.
@jaredshelton4718
5 жыл бұрын
@@tony_25or6to4 ugly
@ericbrown8915
5 жыл бұрын
Teslanomics with Ben Sullins GM could get back some good will if they just started producing an EV1 with current battery tech.
@MrArtist7777
5 жыл бұрын
I saw the premier of Who Killed the Electric Car with Chris Pine, who was in the movie and who spoke to a small group of us in Oregon, just after the movie. This was in 2000, I think but it was pretty cool and sad to see the short-lived EV history. This was long before Elon Musk and Tesla or anything so we were all retrofitting our own cars to EV's and starting the plug-in Prius craze. Those were fun days when solar panels were: $1,000 ea. Today, we have many EV's and solar panels at: $120 ea. Things are progressing well.
@punker4Real
5 жыл бұрын
EVs are still a joke. Coughing a lot with the extra coal burning /Fossil fuels You mean Fossil powered electric car where do you think all that power comes from? Burning Gas Burning Coal Burning natural gas Burning diesel.. oh nuclear is not very clean. The majority of the material in spent nuclear fuel is a relatively stable form of uranium called uranium 238 (U-238). It has a half life of over four billion years, so it will be around for a long time. The next largest fraction of material is unspent uranium 235 (U-235) and plutonium fuel with half lives of 700 million years and 24 thousand years respectively. These materials are do not change substantially in character except on geological time scales. That is, they are not going away very quickly if we just wait. basically you just out sourced your Fossil fuel to someone else
@DripDripDrip69
5 жыл бұрын
@@punker4Real The grid is changing fast, more and more renewable sources are added every mouth. Even if the power come from a coal power plant it's still more efficient than a combustion engine because large power plants are better at converting fuel into usable energy and you can have carbon capture device at power plants. A worst case scenario coal powered electric car is still better than a gasoline engine car
@HughsReviews
5 жыл бұрын
$950 for the first e car. Equivalent to 26k today, about the same as the leaf. Weird.
@ucy_jvp27n6wsatjmhwasdmg5
5 жыл бұрын
Imagine putting a Tesla Battery pack and a Performance Motor on an EV1
@Tore_Lund
5 жыл бұрын
Cheers Elon, The problem with big motors in EVs is they are far from their peak efficiency when cruising. A 250kW Tesla dips into the low 70% motor efficiency when going at a steady 70MPH. There is part of the reason why a Model 3 overall wastes 29% of the energy supplied from the socket. However the EV1 was a textbook example of no nonsense engineering, and if you put the same weight of your batteries into one, you'd have 450 miles range with a battery a third the weight of what you a currently making in your factory! I do have a proposition for you: Offer a Model 3 RWD with only a 50kW motor and the big battery. Then you'll have a car that is usable for road trips as it would go 600 miles per charge. It would accelerate as slowly as an empty van, but who cares when you got the range and you are demanding a lot less of your batteries, so they'll last forever. I don't think this has to wait until you are back at the board, just call the current hot chairwoman right away and explain to her that she needs to do this and only offering hot rod versions of EVs was a blunt mistake.
@Arpin_Lusene
5 жыл бұрын
OG modern electric vehicles! I'm so glad there's still EV1 that survived the carnage back then.
@EVPaddy
5 жыл бұрын
Similar range to a Leaf, but at a different speed ;)
@Joda30088
5 жыл бұрын
Yea but it's the speed and battery that their technology could allow back then. If you factor growth in technology over time, this same vehicle could be doing over 500 miles with approximately 500 HP or more
@joshuapiatt3713
5 жыл бұрын
There are still a handful of EV1 cars left that are in museums we have one here in Sacramento Ca, Gm completely stripped the cars of their powertrains and batteries before donating them. As the car sits it's just a shell.
@aussie2uGA
5 жыл бұрын
You're correct, I recall there is only one fully complete EV-1 that remains and its in the Smithsonian. The others are not technically 100% complete.
@kevinloving3141
5 жыл бұрын
Well when Jay Leno went to visit Robert DeNero DeNero hid a fully running EV-1
@davidbryant2872
5 жыл бұрын
There is one at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, MA, as well. Not sure how complete it is, though.
@Tore_Lund
5 жыл бұрын
@@kevinloving3141 Someone needs to be written into his will.
@punker4Real
5 жыл бұрын
you can still put a real pruis power trains and batteries and you will bet set to go and not worry about filing up the power since it will happen automatically
@VincenzoSims
5 жыл бұрын
It was really heart touching to see the EV1... I miss that car...
@ezerish
5 жыл бұрын
I live thirty miles from there and I've never heard of this, definitely going!
@FamilyFirstJ
5 жыл бұрын
I want to go to this place! And I didn't even know it existed
@joedilellio3627
5 жыл бұрын
Data point: $950 in 1903 is ~$26k in 2017 dollars. That's only a tiny bit less than the Leaf (and no rebates in that era).
@deloreanman14
5 жыл бұрын
l remember getting to sit in a red EV1 on display at the 1999 Seattle Auto Show. As I recall it was just sitting on the floor, no ropes around it or anything and the interior was just so cool. Hard to believe that was 20 years ago...
@yousall7259
4 жыл бұрын
So happy thers still an ev1 alive
@xxZerosumxx
5 жыл бұрын
Props to you guys for taking us with you on your trips. We get to learn new things each time
@franki3Ru550
4 жыл бұрын
I remember back in 1992..they were hoping to sell only electric cars by 2003.. we are still far from that lol.. but I’m seeing progress
@abbaby555
5 жыл бұрын
This was an awesome episode! You guys are becoming more than a commercial for Tesla, and more of ambassador's for EV's. Keep evolving, and continue the great productions. Cheers
@DaewooFestiva23
4 жыл бұрын
there is 2 others (other than the one in this video) that i know of. one is completely abandoned in a Atlanta parking lot and another is in a parking lot of a car museum.
@thegerm574
5 жыл бұрын
Wow! That looks like a amazing museum. Great job on the video. I worked for Saturn in a dealer in Ny and are training materials always mentioned the Saturn or GM EV1. Saturn was originally going to get all of tech that went into the Volt on the Saturn Vue a year earlier but as thing would have it the brand got discontinued before that would happen.
@BobBrownIII
5 жыл бұрын
Great video. Looks like a terrific museum. Thanks for sharing.
@gergc4871
5 жыл бұрын
We used to have a EV1 at our school shop in the early 90's.
@kylecoolky1189
5 жыл бұрын
I’ve been to Tellus a few times. Never disappoints!
@KyleHubb
5 жыл бұрын
You'll know Chevy has lost it when their EV1 looks better than their Bolt.
@Yanquetino
5 жыл бұрын
Decision made! If I ever make it to Atlanta, YOU must take me on a tour of that museum. I wonder if their EV1 has been disabled, like the few others donated to museums and universities. As far as I know, the only one that is actually intact is in the Smithsonian, with original lead-acid batteries. My guess is that, when GM sold the NiMH patent to Chevron, the latter mandated that they had to destroy any with such batteries. Wish I could see that contract! Grrrr.
@EVPaddy
5 жыл бұрын
how could they. They just didn't allow the sale of large NiMh batteries. But that's history for a long time already… hing is, Li-Ion turned up shortly thereafter and made NiMh a bit irrelevant anyway. Nikki from Transport Evolved has been driving a RAV4 with NiMh batteries until relatively recently.
@Jaggrawr
5 жыл бұрын
It's disabled. The ride height shows. I'm in contact with some people with the contract. I really want to find loopholes to try and get an EV1 ;)
@EVPaddy
5 жыл бұрын
@@Jaggrawr So it's about NiMh in the EV1s? OK, they could do that. But I guess it would be relatively easy to convert them to Li-Ion…
@Lantronix1
5 жыл бұрын
OMG.. Kim I can't believe you found a EV-1. I've gotta come to Georgia and see this. Love your new website and continued content. :)
@kostasp1269
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the video - I really enjoyed the history and presentation of the electric cars.
@N8TheSnake
5 жыл бұрын
Cool tour guys! I wonder what the story is behind that rescued EV-1 and how it didn't get crushed like the rest of them!
@Force05289
5 жыл бұрын
The 115 year old Tesla killer
@Kris-qb4jk
5 жыл бұрын
Very cool Kim. It's great to see your channel evolving. Humm, maybe it's becoming a Tesla Travel Channel? Keep up the good work.
@SylverWWA
5 жыл бұрын
EV1
@CarswithNash
5 жыл бұрын
Very cool! Although they actually had electric cars in the 1800’s... I actually recently toured a museum in Saskatchewan Canada that had a massive electric car exhibit. Due to the kind of batteries they had back then I would think electric cars would have been worse for the environment then gas cars. I hate when prototype & test vehicles get destroyed, so sad!
@johnklein338
5 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure you're referring to the Reynolds Museum in Alberta, but if there is one in Saskatchewan, please let us know where!
@Lovejazz01
5 жыл бұрын
Great EV minds think alike! I was just looking at some videos on the EV1 a few days ago!
@WilliamMatney
5 жыл бұрын
Hey I remember taking a field trip here in 8th grade
@Vam1500
5 жыл бұрын
The wrap on your silver model 3 is so awesome. Never seen one like that in person.
@calbob750
4 жыл бұрын
In the early 1900s and before urbanization an electric car was a sensible alternative to a gasoline engine car. Most shopping was done within a one or two mile radius of where you lived. Some early Baker electric cars had a range of up to sixty miles. A Baker electric was seen on the streets of Cleveland as late as the early 50s.
@jimwhitehead1532
5 жыл бұрын
The 1903 Waverly with a canopy is $950 which is $23,540 in 2010 money by an inflation calculator. Its like a Leaf with the same range and problems in Winter.
@markom6924
5 жыл бұрын
5:35 Why not visit huntsville, al? It's not too far from atlanta and you get to see a real life standing up saturn v there.
@MikeEllenberg
5 жыл бұрын
Love the Space and Rocket Center, but the one standing up is an impressive 1:1 scale model. SA-500D is horizontal and now thankfully indoors.
@MadmaxMusic93
Жыл бұрын
Evs are future no crushing them an raking away from us !!! Mine is bought
@StalePhish
5 жыл бұрын
There is an EV1 at the Peterson in California too!
@DAicon24
4 жыл бұрын
Imagine how high tech the 2020 version of the ev1 would've been.
@rwdplz1
5 жыл бұрын
There's another EV1 at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. I also have some EV1 videos on my channel
@bangerbangerbro
5 жыл бұрын
I think the first automobile was Nicholas cugnot's steam wagon thing from the late 18th century. It's a common misconception that the first car was the Benz motorwagen. The Benz was just the first car made to be sold commercially.
@atticuscorbitt8199
5 жыл бұрын
I’d love to go back in time to 1999 and tell GM they’d make another electric car 18 years later.
@robertphillips6296
3 жыл бұрын
You should visit Jay Leno’s Garage, he has two electric cars and an electric motorcycle.
@Teslastorymma
5 жыл бұрын
great job kim! im actually practicing on how to edit videos myself in order to promote my AWD M3... so, everytime i see your vides, it gives me ideas and pointers... by the way, what editing software do you use? Final Cut? Adobe Premier?
@ItsKimJava
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks, my husband does all of the editing....it’s Final Cut Pro X.
@WareWolf801
5 жыл бұрын
The hand crank also could break your arm or wrist. Back then, that was a very very serious injury.
@Jaggrawr
5 жыл бұрын
EV1! EV1! EV1! EV1! I recommended you guys go to the Tellus Museum. Glad you finally did. I've seen 2 surviving EV1s. I plan on seeing another one by the end of this year. The coolest cars around! :D
@home3363308
2 жыл бұрын
There is a working one at Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla. It was made to drive on its own.
@jacksonbangs6603
5 жыл бұрын
Awesome video Kim. I remember seeing the documentary "Who Killed The Electric Car" back when I was in middle school. I think it was that film that got me interested in Electric Vehicles. Today I am driving a used 2015 Nissan Leaf.
@ItsKimJava
5 жыл бұрын
We LOVED our Leafs! 2012 and 2014.
@punker4Real
5 жыл бұрын
@@ItsKimJava worthless electrical cars you moved your carbon footprint to a MEGASIZED Carbon/nuclear waste, factory called your electric co
@beanapprentice1687
4 жыл бұрын
punker4Real Nuclear about a third of global electricity comes from emission-free sources. Electric cars still pollute less than ICE cars, even if they are charged from the grid.
@tcprogramer123
5 жыл бұрын
GM is a great company. They can provide quality cars at a lower price.
@Resist4
5 жыл бұрын
Early electric cars weren’t advertised to women because the hand crank got them dirty. It was because hand cranking and engine was difficult and if the engine backfired, the crank could break your arm.
@Impalals2001
5 жыл бұрын
Kim great video thanks for sharing
@Impalals2001
5 жыл бұрын
I also purchased a carbonraffle.org ticket. Keep your fingers crossed! :)
@yabucoaman
5 жыл бұрын
and here i thought no one in this generation would be able to see an ev1 in person i was so wrong did not know this car was in a museum and soon gm will be talked about in a museum bye bye gm
@PaddyP538
4 жыл бұрын
Great vid!
@dharr6628
5 жыл бұрын
Been watching since you started. great content!!!
@LoanwordEggcorn
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for another great travel video! Interesting fact: the engineer driving the T-Zero is Alan Cocconi, who built the car and also is responsible for the electronics of the GM Impact which became the EV1. More information at: model3ownersclub.com/threads/who-is-alan-cocconi-and-why-does-he-matter-to-the-modern-ev.7701/ Both of Alan's EVs directly inspired the creation of Tesla Motors.
@Daa253
5 жыл бұрын
I've been there about 3 or 4 times!!
@sc3140
5 жыл бұрын
So cool, thx 4 sharing!
@woooweee
5 жыл бұрын
To be frank that ev1 movie was a conspiracy theory, the range simply wasn't there, nimh patents or not didn't matter because we're talking nimh, a dead end technology, it would take until lithium ion batteries came around that the ev was finally viable, and still only at great expense. The ev1 wasn't viable at its actual cost whether people liked it or not.
@Newzchspy
5 жыл бұрын
wooo weee finally, someone who gets it!! If not for the Ev1, we'd have no Tesla, nor Bolt nor various and sundry other cars.
@JeanPierreWhite
5 жыл бұрын
Loved the old adsa and news stories about the EV1 and AC Propulsion car.
@SailorBarsoom
5 жыл бұрын
I don't think the EV-1 was meant to succeed, and when it started to, they recalled it.
@1HotLegendLS
9 ай бұрын
Is that Tellus? Should check out Savoy in Cartersville
@kerchoo2465
5 жыл бұрын
😮😮😮 So cool !! Thanks for the great content Kim !!🔋🔌
@TRYtoHELPyou
5 жыл бұрын
Absorbed glass mat batteries at first for EV1. Special lead acid in my mind. If your super nerdy you call it the "Impact". You guys are cool parents :)
@Quickicecarreviews123
5 жыл бұрын
I live in Chattanooga and haven’t been there yet. Rest of family has tho
@thejudgefrom69
2 жыл бұрын
3:56 I’ll give you a million for one unit to keep!
@davidsherman4337
5 жыл бұрын
Does anyone think that Tesla needs a media streaming service or Netflix app that pops up when u plug into a super charger so you can watch stuff while your charging up???
@punker4Real
5 жыл бұрын
Also if no one else knew Nissan had Toyota synergy drive ..(then had their own system) and GM had a few hybrid as far back as 2008 model year (tahoe it got 20/20MPG) it had 30 miles EV range(had to be under 29mph or the engine would kick on) 2 mode (it was actually 3 mode hybrid ) Auto stop/electric /gas Dodge/Chrysler had the same GM two mode as well.. the GM 2 mode used the same Toyota Prius Battery so you can still get replacement today. it's 2900$ for a replacement battery.. the two mode was better I tested it and it had a 6.0L engine with standard automatic 4 speed gear box and CVT combination so you can get good performance out of it for "towing"..
@NissanSilviaKs
2 жыл бұрын
I’ve seen it in tellus a few times
@raymond961
5 жыл бұрын
Wow, Kim, this is the best video in a while from You :p
@canhow4
5 жыл бұрын
I missed the tesla contest, but im wondering how many tickets were purchased by the winner... im kickingmyself, because I waited too late...
@ryanarundel2557
5 жыл бұрын
I love (all) of the Tesla Channels, I have been watching for over a year now. I used to be into G.M. Now into Benz. Someday I will too be driving a Tesla.... Thanks for all you do. Keep up the awesome work!
@Resist4
5 жыл бұрын
For all the GM haters, you have to remember that regulation forced them to make an electric car, this cut into their profits. They only offered it as a lease so they didn’t have to manufacture parts for more years. They wouldn’t sell any after recovering the leases, for liability reasons.
@ibiubuok
5 жыл бұрын
Well done, interesting video. Glad you posted it.
@peasoup251
5 жыл бұрын
thanks for sharing Kim.. what is the name and where exactly is it?
@ItsKimJava
5 жыл бұрын
Tellus Museum in Georgia
@dinorei7364
5 жыл бұрын
It is wonderful seeing the Benz and all these products that were pioneers !!! It´s so interesting. I´m an inventor and I am also about to make a huge impact on the automotive history. Believe-me.
@dlwatib
5 жыл бұрын
The Benz is a replica. Several museums have them. The original was donated to the Deutsches Museum in 1906.
@dinorei7364
5 жыл бұрын
Very interesting !!!
@gphilipc2031
5 жыл бұрын
Rockefeller fries in the phlogiston of his own creation.
@carlosmalave540
5 жыл бұрын
So sad to see the EV 1 in that state at a museum and next to the EV 1 would be the Chevrolet Volt (gen. 1&2). Since they both got killed by GM.
@CTimmerman
5 жыл бұрын
At least they now have the Bolt, which can still fit a generator in the trunk.
@FutureSystem738
5 жыл бұрын
Great video, would love to have seen more!
@franki3Ru550
4 жыл бұрын
You can actually by a electric back in 1992 in California, what happen that?
@ItsKimJava
4 жыл бұрын
Watch the movie “who killed the electric car”
@pareshpanchal91
5 жыл бұрын
2:14 the graph is pretty clear yet we still have deniers??!?!!
@ItsKimJava
5 жыл бұрын
Even the deniers are believers. It’s just money.
@pareshpanchal91
5 жыл бұрын
@@ItsKimJava that's true actually, I guess there's always money to be made by someone when there's chaos, same for us here with this whole Brexit mess PS. I live in the UK and have a model 3 reservation, been a long wait
@user-bh5qi8ev5n
5 жыл бұрын
Great Graph, but what is 440 ppm?
@ItsKimJava
5 жыл бұрын
Parts per million. Unit of measure of co2 in atmosphere.
@shan2106
5 жыл бұрын
hi thanks for nice video,s
@kevinmasey6459
5 жыл бұрын
I'm not a conspiracy theorists, but that moon rock looked like a piece of cheese to me 😄 .Great content as usual Kim thanks
@Newzchspy
5 жыл бұрын
kevin masey because the moon is made of cheese...
@LivingLifeSlower
4 жыл бұрын
Stop all Oil Wars. Drive EV.
@rahalrodrigo5430
5 жыл бұрын
Awesome video... as usual
@jacobt1027
5 жыл бұрын
Needs a 7.0 V8 from a C6 Zo6.
@putonewhiskey
3 жыл бұрын
Nice Cans....
@RoloHolland
5 жыл бұрын
115 year old ev1?
@MikeLauper
5 жыл бұрын
Very cool!
@RossYoungblood
5 жыл бұрын
I can't tell you how many times I have had to take the Tesla Model X to the circus because "the children want to go".
@RossYoungblood
5 жыл бұрын
If only 1996... 2006,2016...22 years ago? If only a Fossil car manufacture had a 22 year head start on Tesla's electric cars.
@nathanharrellyoutube
2 жыл бұрын
Actually it would be 24 years ago today
@BrianJoslyn
5 жыл бұрын
Hmmm... in '92 I was in high school. I never heard anything about a meteor hitting a car, even specifically an electric car. But I do somewhat remember the clip of that meteor falling. I knew about what I consider 'wanna~be' all electric cars from way back when, when they looked like carriages that at least one horse would pull. I've not once heard of any built in the 90s. It wasn't until all electric vehicles that are still sold now, such as the Leaf, the Chevy all electric vehicles and the few(ish) other makes that build all electrics now. Those EV1s look like a mistake that was meant to exist in the 60s/70s. The Tzero... just looks like a mistake.
@thomastalbertthe3rd681
2 жыл бұрын
115 years?
@changename8820
5 жыл бұрын
Nikola Tesla idea 💡 😬
@machine60
5 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately the hat shaded your face, Kim. Nice tour of the Museum.
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