A few of GM's electric Chevrolet S10 pickups survive
Remember General Motor's EV1 electric two-seater? That one carved out a special place in automotive history. But fewer remember GM's other electric vehicle of the 1990s, the Chevrolet S10 EV, which was bought by the Air Force and a handful of power companies.
Mark Williams of PickupTrucks.com writes a remembrance:
Like its EV1 cousin, the S10 EV was produced in tiny numbers – just 492 over two model years. And like the EV1, after it was canceled along with its parent program, the leased S10 EVs were recalled and destroyed when the leases expired. Why? To protect GM's proprietary EV technology, protect against liability lawsuits (with 312 volts on board) and protect GM dealers from having to stock out-of-production EV parts. GM probably didn't want to train technicians to service the vehicles for many years to come.
