“In the early 1990s California passed a law requiring car makers to sell zero emission vehicles if they wanted to sell any gas powered cars there. They required 2% of sales to be ZEVs by 1998 and 10% by 2003. The car manufacturers complied. For instance, between 1997 and 1999 GM produced 1100 electric cars called the EV1. They leased them all and had a waiting list.”
“However, the manufacturers also fought back. They sued the State of California, and in 2003 California lifted the ZEV requirement. GM promptly canceled the EV1 program, rounded up all the EV1s, and crushed them.”
Quoted from Think or Thwim.
This is a great documentary that details the life of the EV. It is currently available from Amazon Unbox for $8.99 to buy it.
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