EV1, was it a battery issue ? wktec

GM touted the EV-1 and at the end critisized no demand, no range, expensive batteries etc etc.

they way it is right now why don't GM critisize the corvette and hummer as NO DEMAND EXPENSIVE POOR SALES NO PROFIT so lets all crush em?

The simple fact that the batteries were built into the internal frame made them nearly impossible to remove and replace or upgrade. Access was difficult plain and simple.

susumu is obviously protective of gm for some reason.

LOL it's obvious that this is not the case.

I wouldn't trust GM with even one dime, let along the 18 billion dollars of taxpayer money they received to produce a cramped "mickey mouse" car that resembled a toy more than a sensible motor vehicle that the average person can actually depend on.

Of course GM WANTED to kill the electric car - they were making a killing selling their gas guzzlers and didn't want to spend $ on R&D. So they made a BS version and set up Ramirez, then pulled the plug!

The fire hazard was due to faulty wiring, not the batteries themselves. GM really skimped out on this car. It was tiny, slow, and cramped compared to the EXAR-1. And the wires (hidden inside) were often frayed. The WORST part is that the EV-1 batteries were embedded into a T-shaped frame that formed the core of the chassis, and part of the battery frame ran right between driver and passenger. BIG risk of fire breaking out between them in case of a short-circuit or accident.

A friend of mine built a programming interface which was used to resurect one of the 'disabled' EV-1's recently, and according to him they weren't too poorly made.
Building the batteries into the middle of the chassis is the optimum solution in terms of weight distribution. I believe at least one car manufacturer is about to release an EV with batteries built into the whole floor of the vehicle, for the same sound reasons. I'm sure the wiring will be up to standard.

EV-1 use shitty batteries. And they built them into the frame so they CAN'T be replaced or upgraded! They're in between driver and passenger, and present a major FIRE HAZARD! GM wasted $8 billion on an $8,000 conversion car. They stole taxpayer money and

The real Electric car, the EXAR-1, had much better batteries that ran 200 miles. The oil companies couldn't buy out the inventor, so they paid off corrupt judges to indict him for "fraud". He was never convicted of ANYTHING.

I don't think that you can say that lead acid batteries present a fire hazard, any more than yoiu can say that a shorted terminal on any battery type could cause a fire. The lead acid chemistry itself isn't a hazard

cars use lead acid batteries normally anyways! so wheres the fire hazard??!!!

If it makes dollars it makes sense"cents"