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1960s–1990s: Revival of interest

GM's program came under particular scrutiny; in an unusual move, consumers were not allowed to purchase EV1s, but were instead asked to sign closed-end leases, meaning that the cars had to be returned to GM at the end of the lease period, with no option to purchase, despite leasee interest in continuing to own the cars.^[61] Chrysler, Toyota, and a group of GM dealers sued CARB in Federal court, leading to the eventual neutering of CARB's ZEV Mandate.^{[citation needed]}

After public protests by EV drivers' groups upset by the repossession of their cars, Toyota offered the last 328 RAV4-EVs for sale to the general public during six months, up until 22 November 2002. Almost all other production electric cars were withdrawn from the market and were in some cases seen to have been destroyed by their manufacturers.^[61] 

History of the electric vehicle - Wikipedia

By the way, I forgot to mention on Friday that I clicked on Uncle Ken's link about Liz Cheney, and found it to be the same article than I had found the day before when I first looked Liz up.  That was when I decided that she would be my next political hero.  She appears to be a solid conservative who is not a Trump toady.  The Republican Party will need to find more like her if they ever hope to climb out of the hole that Trump has dug for them.