Exhibitions

EV1 Electric Car

June 10, 2015 – December 31, 2015

National Museum of American History
1300 Constitution Ave., NW
Washington, DC

1st Floor, Center

See on Map Floor Plan

The EV1 was the first modern electric car designed for a mass market. Beginning in 1996, General Motors built 1,117 of the cars and leased most of them to consumers in California, Arizona, and Georgia. The EV1 became the focal point of a national discussion about innovation and the promise of reducing air pollution and dependence on oil with electric cars.