GM Impact, 1990
![Colour photograph of a sleek electric car in a desert environment. A title in stylized font reads “Impact”](https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/electric-vehicles-canada_vehicules-electriques/wp-content/uploads/sites/151/2021/10/GM-Impact-1990.jpg)
“1993 General Motors (GM) Impact” by aldenjewell is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
Though it wowed attendees at auto shows, and offered considerable speed and performance, the GM Impact concept electric car was an elegant shell fitted over a kludged, barely-functional body that was nowhere near ready for commercial sale.