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General Motors 'Impact' & 'EV1' BEV === Yes, there are a few EV1s still around Museums, Universities, a few in private hands and GM still has several at different facilities. For those who have an EV1, we have been assisting folks in locating parts so let us know what items you need. We will be happy to locate them for you or recommend alternatives. For those with parts to share please feel free to contact us at ev1 (at) tzev (dot) com and we will see them put to good use. === EV1 Description The General Motors EV1 was an electric car produced and leased by the General Motors Corporation from 1997 to 1999. It was the first mass-produced and purpose-designed electric vehicle of the modern era from a major automaker, and the first GM car designed to be an electric vehicle from the outset. The decision to mass-produce an electric car came after GM received a favorable reception for its 1990 'Impact' electric concept car, upon which the design of the EV1 drew heavily. Inspired partly by the Impacts perceived potential for success, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) subsequently passed a mandate that made the production and sale of zero-emission vehicles a requirement for the seven major auto makers selling cars in the United States to continue to market their vehicles in California. The EV1 was made available to the public through limited lease-only agreements. EV1 lessees were officially participants in a "real-world engineering evaluation" and market study into the feasibility of producing and marketing a commuter electric vehicle in select U.S. markets undertaken by GM's Advanced Technology Vehicles group. The cars were not available for purchase, and could be serviced only at designated Saturn dealerships. === The Beata Collection's EV1 ... ... is made from over fifty (50) different EV1 parts sources to date, and, at 80% complete is getting closer to free-range every year. We are currently (as always) searching for a number of OEM parts and always appreciate leads for same. Here is a list in order of importance of the parts we would like to obtain to help bring our chassis a bit closer to survivor status. We already have parts from all three versions of the EV1, including the '94 LPF4 PreView 'Impact' series (Limited Production Fleet), and the '97 and '99 production EV1 badged vehicles. The Beata EV1 is usually in some sort of flux, building and/or rebuilding one system or another. Currently we are working on RXT-G style series-hybrid modifications (see this site's prototypes section) as well as several other wiring and systems projects. === A few 'green-baby' pictures are posted below === |