Today, 29 years ago, on January 4, 1996 (November 14, 1995) General Motors announced the production of electric vehicles. On January 4, 1996, General Motors announced the production of pure electric vehicles. On December 4, General Motors officially launched the EV1. The first EV1 used a lead-acid battery provided by Delco DeCo. The theoretical value of the maximum mileage after each charging could be about 144 kilometers and the maximum mileage per hour was 128 kilometers. On real roads, such as in traffic jams or cold weather, the normal mileage was approximately 96 kilometers to 112 kilometers. General Motors originally launched the EV1 for the electric vehicle, first in California and Arizona. But at the time, each vehicle was sold at an extremely high price of $3.5 million, and General Motors was concerned for consumers, except for the fact that