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- 1997 General Motors EV1 Electric Coupe - This was the most serious attempt to build an all-purpose electric car since the 1920s. General Motors built 1,117 cars between 1996 and 1999, leasing them to a loyal group that willingly adjusted to battery power's limitations. But GM concluded there were too few electric enthusiasts to support large-scale production and recalled all the cars by the end of 2003. EV1 users objected loudly, but to no avail.
- 1997
- Collections - Artifact
1997 General Motors EV1 Electric Coupe
This was the most serious attempt to build an all-purpose electric car since the 1920s. General Motors built 1,117 cars between 1996 and 1999, leasing them to a loyal group that willingly adjusted to battery power's limitations. But GM concluded there were too few electric enthusiasts to support large-scale production and recalled all the cars by the end of 2003. EV1 users objected loudly, but to no avail.
- General Motors Motorama of 1956 - From 1949 to 1961, General Motors hosted a series of semi-regular shows spotlighting futuristic concept cars and aspirational production cars. In 1953, the event was named Motorama and transformed into a traveling show that toured major cities around the United States. Motorama also showcased products from GM subsidiaries, like the "kitchen of the future" equipped with Frigidaire appliances.
- 1956
- Collections - Artifact
General Motors Motorama of 1956
From 1949 to 1961, General Motors hosted a series of semi-regular shows spotlighting futuristic concept cars and aspirational production cars. In 1953, the event was named Motorama and transformed into a traveling show that toured major cities around the United States. Motorama also showcased products from GM subsidiaries, like the "kitchen of the future" equipped with Frigidaire appliances.
- Souvenir Brochure from General Motors "Futurama," 1940 - Many exhibits at the 1939-40 New York World's Fair tried to demonstrate to a depression-weary public that the future could be rosy if people just had faith. General Motors' Futurama, designed by industrial designer Norman Bel Geddes, depicted a modernized America of 1960 through dioramas that fairgoers viewed from moving chairs. This exhibit was the hit of the fair.
- 1960
- Collections - Artifact
Souvenir Brochure from General Motors "Futurama," 1940
Many exhibits at the 1939-40 New York World's Fair tried to demonstrate to a depression-weary public that the future could be rosy if people just had faith. General Motors' Futurama, designed by industrial designer Norman Bel Geddes, depicted a modernized America of 1960 through dioramas that fairgoers viewed from moving chairs. This exhibit was the hit of the fair.
- General Motors Building, Detroit, Michigan -
- circa 1920
- Collections - Artifact
General Motors Building, Detroit, Michigan
- General Motors Lunch Plate, 1960 -
- 1960
- Collections - Artifact
General Motors Lunch Plate, 1960
- 1955 General Motors Publication, "Styling. The Look of Things" - This General Motors booklet reflected the growing importance of the Stylist, whose ostensible task, according to the author of the booklet, was to make things beautiful by "developing a form of beauty exactly suited to the purpose -- a form of beauty evolved from within."
- 1955
- Collections - Artifact
1955 General Motors Publication, "Styling. The Look of Things"
This General Motors booklet reflected the growing importance of the Stylist, whose ostensible task, according to the author of the booklet, was to make things beautiful by "developing a form of beauty exactly suited to the purpose -- a form of beauty evolved from within."
- General Motors Motorama of 1955 - From 1949 to 1961, General Motors hosted a series of semi-regular shows spotlighting futuristic concept cars and aspirational production cars. In 1953, the event was named Motorama and transformed into a traveling show that toured major cities around the United States. Motorama also showcased products from GM subsidiaries, like the "kitchen of the future" equipped with Frigidaire appliances.
- 1955
- Collections - Artifact
General Motors Motorama of 1955
From 1949 to 1961, General Motors hosted a series of semi-regular shows spotlighting futuristic concept cars and aspirational production cars. In 1953, the event was named Motorama and transformed into a traveling show that toured major cities around the United States. Motorama also showcased products from GM subsidiaries, like the "kitchen of the future" equipped with Frigidaire appliances.
- 2016 General Motors First-Generation Self-Driving Test Vehicle - General Motors tested a series of autonomous vehicles in San Francisco, California, and Scottsdale, Arizona, in 2016. These cars, developed with GM subsidiary Cruise Automation and based on the Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicle, used a combination of cameras, radar and lidar sensors, cellular and GPS antennas, and powerful computers to drive themselves on public streets in both cities.
- 2016
- Collections - Artifact
2016 General Motors First-Generation Self-Driving Test Vehicle
General Motors tested a series of autonomous vehicles in San Francisco, California, and Scottsdale, Arizona, in 2016. These cars, developed with GM subsidiary Cruise Automation and based on the Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicle, used a combination of cameras, radar and lidar sensors, cellular and GPS antennas, and powerful computers to drive themselves on public streets in both cities.
- General Motors Motorama, 1955 - Between 1949 and 1961, General Motors staged its nationally renowned Motorama -- an extravaganza designed to whet people's appetites and boost sales. This photograph shows the use of a unique set of "flying turntables," which whirled cars out of the wings over a rear pool of water and off-stage again.
- 1955
- Collections - Artifact
General Motors Motorama, 1955
Between 1949 and 1961, General Motors staged its nationally renowned Motorama -- an extravaganza designed to whet people's appetites and boost sales. This photograph shows the use of a unique set of "flying turntables," which whirled cars out of the wings over a rear pool of water and off-stage again.
- 1935 General Motors Advertisement, "That's What I Call Great Engineering" - General Motors was a longtime and highly successful manufacturer of railroad locomotive equipment. GM purchased Winton Engine Company in 1930 and soon thereafter produced the diesel engines in a series of streamlined diesel-electric trains built for the Burlington, Union Pacific, and Boston & Maine railroads. GM started building complete locomotives through its Electro-Motive Division in 1941.
- 1935
- Collections - Artifact
1935 General Motors Advertisement, "That's What I Call Great Engineering"
General Motors was a longtime and highly successful manufacturer of railroad locomotive equipment. GM purchased Winton Engine Company in 1930 and soon thereafter produced the diesel engines in a series of streamlined diesel-electric trains built for the Burlington, Union Pacific, and Boston & Maine railroads. GM started building complete locomotives through its Electro-Motive Division in 1941.