GM was the first to produce a consumer electric car, in 1996: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_EV1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_EV1

GM was the first to produce a consumer electric car, in 1996: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_EV1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_EV1 They ended up destroying their own stock of cars. For electric car enthusiasts, this was seen as a proof that big automotive manufacturer would never dare go along that path. I do think that GM latest electric car happened because of Tesla, and would not have happened if competition did not exist.