Thanks to California Automobile Museum for letting us show off their original GM EV1! Go see it for yourself: https://www.calautomuseum.org/

Million-dollar EV maker Rimac says their next car won’t be electric. Unsold Teslas are filling up parking lots. And big automakers like Mercedes are canceling future EVs. Is the electric future dead? Let’s find out!

EV sales took a big hit at the beginning of 2024, but bybrids got more popular. Are hybrids replacing EVs? The real story is more complicated than that, of course. In this video we talk about how EVs and hybrids went from novelty to commonplace, and if the tide is turning for hybrids. Includes the GM EV1, Toyota Prius, Nissan Leaf, and of course Tesla Model S.

00:00 Are EVs Dying?
00:43 Hybrids Coming Back
02:15 First Death of EVs
03:18 GM EV1
05:37 Second Death of EVs
06:06 Birth of Hybrid
07:02 Hybrid Supercars
07:42 Rebirth of EV
09:02 EVs stop sucking (Tesla)
10:10 EV Supercars
10:47 Third Death of EVs?
11:34 Tesla In Trouble

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Host: James Freeman
Writer: Gabriel Ionica
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