The Voltec Electric Propulsion System
Seventy-eight percent of commuters drive 40 miles or less to and from work.* If we could change the technology behind these daily drives, imagine how much gasoline and money we could save while helping reduce emissions.

General Motors EV1
The General Motors EV1 was an electric car produced and leased by the General Motors Corporation from 1996 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.

GM Starts Electric Car Battery Production
General Motors electric car, made its first mass-produced electric car battery Thursday as it gears up to sell the new Chevrolet Volt (electric cars) to the general public later this year. The lithium-ion battery was made at GM's Brownstown Battery Pack Assembly Plant that will produce the batteries for the automaker's Volt (electric car) assembly line in Detroit. Regular production at both facilities is expected to begin in the fourth quarter.