 The Sunraycer led directly to the creation of the GM Impact, an electric powered car (also designed by AeroVironment with help from both GM and Hughes).In turn, the GM Impact led to the EV-1, which was leased to customers for a few years in the late 1990s before being retired and scrapped.GM now has a series hybrid electric car (with propulsion only by the electric motor) called the Chevy Volt which was introduced to the US market in late 2010.