Discussion

General Motors Is Assisting With the Restoration of a Rare EV1

kotaKat: In a way it feels like a sick and twisted joke that GM is willing to help with this, especially how they've been treating their current EV lineup.BrightDrop's dead, the Bolt was loved and killed and brought back and killed again, they keep making questionable decisions with their infotainment and subscription models (no CarPlay, mandatory consumer Google Account and OnStar subscriptions), the best thing they even apparently sell right now has a Honda (re)badge on it...

InUrNetz: The anti CarPlay stance is a real deal killer for me. I put an aftermarket radio in my Chevy Express to get CarPlay, and have a long history of Chevy, GMC, and Buick ownership, but this one blocks me from buying a new GM car.

rdtsc: > As GM’s team put it: “EV1 set in motion everything we’re doing in electric right now”Sounds line GM is taking credit for EV industry’s success after they recalled and sent to the crusher the very car model these people are trying to restore.

sanex: You've got it reversed. Honda is rebadging the equinox ev. GM.

wlesieutre: Actually a Blazer, not an Equinox

wlesieutre: Honda Prologue is an option if you really like the Ultium SUVs, sadly only a Blazer sized rebadge and no Equinox.I do wonder what the outlook for that is now, they were supposed to be a shorter term bridge until Honda had their own EVs but Honda recently killed a bunch of EV plans so maybe the GM partnership sticks around a while?

sidewndr46: Given GM's history with this vehicle, I'd assume any contact with them is an attempt to lay claim to ownership of the vehicle. There's no way I'd even communicate with them