ベン・ギルド (Ben Guild)


The saga of the EV1 🚗

A few years ago, GM introduced the EV1 electric car and the Chevy S-10 electric truck to comply with California's energy laws, which required a portion of sold vehicles to be “zero-emissions” by 1998.

However, GM found a workaround for this law, and crushed all of them when their leases were up. — Although some owners offered thousands of dollars to buy their EV1 vehicles off-lease, they were refused the ability to do so. 😢

Crushed “EV1” vehicles (1) Crushed “EV1” vehicles (2)
The sad fate of the crushed EV1 vehicles… sitting in a junkyard.

Apparently, the alternative that the car companies found was to donate electric golf-carts to local neighborhoods.

… Can you believe that? 🤯