All This Has Happened Before: GM Electric Car Circa 1973

Check out this little flashback to a simpler time. It was the 1970s, 20 years before GM’s EV1 electric car, when GM took part in a symposium with the EPA — no fooling — and displayed tiny gasoline — and, yep, electric-powered cars, like the one shown here charging.

There’s not much info online about these vehicles, but let’s not fool ourselves into thinking that automakers and the government weren’t looking into low- and zero-pollution vehicles before Y2K. Check out more images at the links below.

GM’s “Urban” Gasoline & Electric Cars From 1973 (Lost Brain via Jalopnik)