GM should be famous for their successful efforts to postpone the EV revolution.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_encumbrance_of_large_automotive_NiMH_batteries
The early part of the story is well told through the documentary video:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Killed_the_Electric_Car%3F
The main weakness of the documentary is that the players are not well explained. Though the above wikipedia article does well describe the players. It may be best to have the wikipedia article before you when viewing the video. I maintain a stock of the DVDs; ask, if you wish to view.
A synopsis:
Under California government pressure, GM introduced a very good EV, the "EV1". They, and other automakers, successfully brought change in the California "zero emission" rules which resulted in GM taking back all leased EV1s and crushing them. MUCH more egregious was GM's suppression of the NiMH cell chemistry for EV use. The EV revolution was postponed for about 10 years due to that chemistry being unavailable for EV use.
The REAL story, as opposed to the Biden's version:
The EV revolution, now well underway, was brought about SOLELY by Tesla with much opposition from the major automakers. Until only very recently, the majors seemed not to realize that they are headed toward bankruptcy. The EV/Tesla opposition has been insidious and aided by mainstream media which takes every opportunity to "muddy the water", misrepresent, obscure and prevaricate. The clear (to me) bias is almost certainly due to the big advertising dollars that both automakers and big oil spend while Tesla spends ZERO on advertising.
This story offers quite a bit of support to my view:
https://www.teslarati.com/gms-invest-1b-evs-mexico/
Similar vintage from Inside EVs:
https://insideevs.com/news/563883/biden-ignores-tesla-musk-responds/
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