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Electrovette, 1977

Colour photograph of an electric car painted in stylized lightning-bolt patterns. Writing on the door reads “Electrovette”

General Motors Heritage Collection

Deliberately displayed only at engineering and technology shows, and not in any kind of motor-sales context, the Electrovette was an insurance measure that GM never cashed in on, although its platform and battery system would be foundational for the company’s later electric cars.