Battery technology improved over the years, increasing the EV1's range to about 100 miles. But the EV1 gave rise to a new consumer concern: "range anxiety." Business ...

You see them everywhere you go, but it’s still good to know the subtle nuances around what a BEV is and isn’t.

Before we get into battery technology of the last decade, let's take a look at the early adoption of electrified vehicles in the U.S., which started with the cool but rather controversial GM EV1. ...

Enter the GM EV1, the American automaker’s first modern battery-powered passenger car that people could actually own (well, sort of, but we’ll get to that later.) ...

EV1 Characteristics. The electric car was relatively light; the equipment weight was 1,350 kilograms (2976 lbs), with 530 kg accounting for the battery. At the same time, EV1 was very aerodynamic − ...

Battery technology improved over the years, increasing the EV1’s range to about 100 miles. But the EV1 gave rise to a new consumer concern: “range anxiety.” THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR: ...

Lithium battery technology was still in its infancy back in the 1990s, so GM opted for lead acid batteries to give the EV1 power. According to MotorTrend, the range was only about 70 to 90 miles.

The battery range of a Tesla Model X depends on the year it was released. For instance, the 2016 Tesla Model X 90D offers a maximum range of up to 257 miles, and the cheaper 60D model came with a ...

In 1999, General Motors (NYSE:GM) finally pulled the plug on its first mass-produced electric vehicle (EV) of the modern era, the EV1. Battery technologies at the time limited the standard EV1 to ...