Uploaded January 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
By the end of the 1980s electric vehicles had taken baby steps towards becoming practical. And companies would continue to produce small, lightweight vehicles into the 1990s, using heavy lead-acid batteries. But one company would strive, and some would say succeed in producing the world’s first electric vehicle that was a practical replacement for an internal combustion engine car. It would take almost ten years of work to produce and would come from the unlikeliest of sources, stodgy old General Motors.
Part 1 (1960's to 1970s): youtu.be/ljVAA1Tr8Yo
Part 2 (1980s): youtu.be/vthR6U8N9g4
Part 3 (90s and GM EV1): youtu.be/cw2Rg52j5TE
Part 4 (Tesla Roadster): youtu.be/qGudkw0EDq8
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By the end of the 1980s electric vehicles had taken baby steps towards becoming practical. And companies would continue to produce small, lightweight vehicles into the 1990s, using heavy lead-acid batteries. But one company would strive, and some would say succeed in producing the world’s first electric vehicle that was a practical replacement for an internal combustion engine car. It would take almost ten years of work to produce and would come from the unlikeliest of sources, stodgy old General Motors.
Part 1 (1960's to 1970s): youtu.be/ljVAA1Tr8Yo
Part 2 (1980s): youtu.be/vthR6U8N9g4
Part 3 (90s and GM EV1): youtu.be/cw2Rg52j5TE
Part 4 (Tesla Roadster): youtu.be/qGudkw0EDq8
To get early ad-free access to new videos, or your name at the end of my videos, please consider supporting me using Patreon from just $1 or 80p a month at patreon.com/bigcar
Support me using PayPal: paypal.com/paypalme/bigcartv
Big Car Merch (t-shirts, mugs): teespring.com/stores/bigcartv
Twitter: twitter.com/bigcartv
My second channel - Little Car: youtube.com/littlecar
#bigcar
