"GENERAL MOTORS EV1 (2-seat, 2-door coupe, range 75 to 150 miles with NiMH batteries)
"...An electric car produced and leased by the General Motors Corporation form 1996 to 1999 [note: concept car designed in 1990]....The EV1 was made available through limited lease-only agreements...The EV1's discontinuation [majority of cars crushed] remains controversial, with electric car enthusiasts, environmental interest groups and former EV1 lessees accusing GM of self-sabotaging its electric car program to avoid potential losses in spare parts sales, while also blaming the oil industry for conspiring to keep electric cars off the road..."---Wikipedia
NOTE: The Chevy VOLT, which will have a battery range of 40 miles, is actually a plug-in hybrid.
Update: "Achieving 100 mpg? Any bright engineer can go do that," declares Chris Theodore, vice chairman of ASC Inc., who advised the X Prize committee."
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