In 1996 General Motors debuted the first modern production electric vehicle, dubbed the EV1 -that’s “Electric Vehicle 1.” Clever, huh? But GM killed the EV1 in 2003, and now needs to be bailed out to compete with the success of other companies’ hybrids, like the Prius and other high MPG vehicles. Wait, what? They had the head start! There’s a documentary film called Who Killed The Electric Car? which essentially shows GM building these things, buying up patents for the technology and then shredded EVERYTHING. People were devastated to lose their beloved EV1s. I think they even made Ed Begley, Jr. cry.  So in the midst of this whole Big 3 bailout, I’m just wondering why no one has mentioned their seppuku of the EV1. What do you folks think about this whole debacle?