California's zero-emission vehicle mandate of 1990 required major automakers to sell a percentage of electric-only cars if they wanted to sell anything in the state. Ford, Toyota, and Honda built some, but the best-known -- if perhaps for the wrong reasons -- was GM's EV1. It was leased to drivers, and then taken back and crushed when the leases ended. Find out more in my story over at AutoTrader.ca.
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April 30, 2019
GM EV1: Not ready for prime time
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- "Pet Safety In Cars", Canadian Driver, March 3 2009
- "Preventing crash-related trauma," Canadian Driver, June 8 2010
- "Stop Trying To Be Polite", Toronto Star, November 29 2008
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- "The Economical AutoTrac Tractor", Rural Delivery, September 2004
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- "100 Years of Dodge: History comes alive as museum hits road," Toronto Star, July 15 2014
- "Car Tips and Tricks For When Your Life Is Going to the Dogs", Vancouver Auto Show Program, 2008
- "Different Brands, But The Same Cars," Toronto Star November 18 2010
- "Driverless buses, electric unicycles, cars that run on air," Toronto Star, December 4, 2014
- "Electric Cars Explained," Canadian Driver, March 9 2010
- "Gas, electric, diesel, or a combo pack?" Toronto Star, May 30 2014
- "Keeping Wheels Clean", Tire News, February 2007
- "Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera", The Journal of Automotive Arts, June/July 2007
- "Road Rage Trigger Easy to Pull", Toronto Star, July 28 2007
- "Road Work Ahead: Setting Up A Mobile Office Starts with the Right Vehicle", Vancouver Auto Show Program, 2008
- "Ten of the most avoidable driving mistakes," Toronto Star, May 8, 2015
- "The Collector King" (Jay Leno interview), Toronto Star, March 20 2004
- "The Realities of Restoration", Carguide, June 2002
- "World's Largest Small-Car Maker Throwing 40th Birthday Bash" (Hot Wheels), Toronto Star, February 14 2008
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- "Aging Drivers: Public Safety and Private Mobility," Old Autos June 2, 2008
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- "Legislature is a place for politics, not prayer", The Toronto Star, April 20 2008
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- "My Mom, Irv Weinstein and Me," Toronto Star, January 6, 1999
- "Rock and Roll Gearhead from A to ZZ" (Billy Gibbons interview), Toronto Star, November 12 2005
- "Rosa Parks Bus", Toronto Star, October 29 2005
- "The Generation That Went From Coal-Oil Lamps To The Moon," Toronto Star, August 22 1994
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