Name Badge from the First Ev1 Driveaway
Name Badge from the First Ev1 Driveaway
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- Description
- The EV1 was the first modern electric car designed for a mass market. Beginning in 1996, General Motors built 1,117 of the cars and leased most of them to consumers in California, Arizona, and Georgia. Marty Freedman, who worked in the Vehicle Test and Development area of GM’s electric vehicle program, wore this name badge during the first EV1 driveaway to dealers on November 14, 1996.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- name badge
- maker
- General Motors Corporation
- Physical Description
- plastic (overall material)
- paper (insert material)
- Measurements
- overall: 9.5 cm x 6.5 cm; 3 3/4 in x 2 9/16 in
- ID Number
- 2006.0031.01
- catalog number
- 2006.0031.01
- accession number
- 2006.0031
- Credit Line
- Gift of Marty M. Freedman
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- Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
- Transportation
- Road Transportation
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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