AH Challenge: Viable EV1s

[Ming777]

How can we alter history so the fabled EV-1s of GM became commercially viable and did not fade into infamy?

 

[Electric Monk]

The EV-1 could have been useful, actually, in working towards hybrids. Additionally publicity was very good. GM could have kept it on for those reasons.

 

[Dave]

Deliberately wait several years as battery technology advances. The original range was 100 miles, which would be sufficient for city driving but is still far less than the range of a petro fueled car. I read that the range could be extended to 300 miles with today's technology.

 

[ZaphodBeeblebrox]

How can we alter history so the fabled EV-1s of GM became commercially viable and did not fade into infamy?

During The 2000 Democratic Presidential Primary, a Supporter of Senator Bill Bradley Lets The Senator Borrow his EV1 for a Series of Campaign Events in California Connected to The Super Tuesday Election ...

Bradley Immediately Falls in LOVE with The Plucky Lil' Plug-in, And Makes it The Center-Piece of his Strategy in High-Tech Areas; Thus Allowing him to Lure Away Enough Pro-Environmental Voters from Vice President Al Gore to Secure The Democratic Presidential Nomination!

Although this Then Causes a Brief Surge in The Popularity of Senator John McCain, Eventually The Ol' Push-Polling Strategy of Governor George W. Bush Bears Sufficient Fruit for The Climactic Battle to Begin ...

While Bush Leads in Early Polling for The General Election, Bradley's Continued Love-Affair with The EV1 Wins him Points with Former Bill Clinton Supporters in Arizona, Georgia and New Hampshire; Thereby Netting him Such a Majority of Electoral Votes that The Later Recounts in Florida and New Mexico, Prove to be Little More than Paper Tigers!