found an EV1!!!
 

I didn't actually find one, but I saw one on tv. I was watching american pickers on the history channel and they went to the oldsmobile museum(I forgot the actual name of the museum. I think it was olds transportation museum but don't quote me on that) to get a leather license plate appraised. When they were talking to the manager, they met right in front of a silver EV1. I almost jumped out of bed to get a better look! I'm not sure how many they didn't crush but if anyone wants to go see one, that's where it is! I think they were in michigan but I can't be sure. I know I'll be going to take a look if I can find the time.

They have one at the Va Tech School of Engineering.

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Mech

The documentary "Who killed the electric car? " shows the one in that museum.
They state it has been "permanantly disabled" :(

There are also more than a few You-Tube vids of ones which are enabled :thumbup:

Do you have a link to one that is currently on the road arrag?

I don't have youtube access at work, but when we did there were quite a few videos of ones that people had got going - some claiming to be in secret. I can see the links but not the videos - one of these maybe ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCBc8pL1SGc

or

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ewg8yawjn-M

There is one on a google video search posted by one Benjamin Nelson ;)

Apologies if these are irrelevant - I have been in server management hell for a week.

HydroJim -

Rats, I was gonna watch that episode! I'll try to catch the repeat.

CarloSW2

In 1973 Citroen launched the rotary engined version of the GS - the Birotor. It had the typical reliability problems of rotary engines at the time - as well as the stupidly thirsty fuel consumption - so Citroen tried to buy every one back and scrap it. Quite a few people have held on to theirs so I suspect (given the production numbers) that quite a few EV-1s have also escaped.

EV1's were technically leased, so they could be repo-d. I saw speculation that If they crushed all of them they can write off all the millions/billions on r&d too :/

that could bite them, i hope they don't loose it.

i know all the stuff donated by the big auto comps have requirements, that the autos be used for testing and training only.

they did'ent sell it, or give it to the school, its donated with a requirement
that once there done with it, it must be crushed or sent to a different school
they flag the VIN number, so it can never be registered agen:(

They donated a few to universities and museums on the basis that they were disabled. One museum has a project to reactivate and improve one - so its not running original specification. Others seem to have been 'hidden'.

I doubt GM would bother persuing a university to reclaim a project car or indeed an individual for keeping one after so long and with the adverse publicity, especially after having so much tax money thrown at them.

Plus of course if they return to EVs the EV-1s surviving would make excellent advertisement vehicles.

We never got them here so I've never seen on in the plastic, so I'm not sure they ever existed :)

yea there likely just fine, as long as they don't try and register and put tags on it.
i think in that case, GM would do something. since it was put in the agreement that it would never be used on road ever.

There's one about 10 minutes from where I'm sitting RIGHT NOW.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4055/...8895193d_b.jpg

s'ok, GM wasted tons of time and money on it and crushed them, and then made a gas car called the volt. Nissan wants my money, GM is too big to live sorry to say.

So it sounds like a large percentage of the EV-1 are still out there, after all GM only made 1,100 of them, so 1% of them could still be around, in private collections, at universities and so on.

At least here, if a school of any sort has a vehicle that is being used as an educational tool, there are some loop holes written in to the law saying that they can use it on the road within I think 5 miles of the school for research and education without having it licensed or titled.