2023年3月31日 · The first electric cars appeared long before the earliest gas autos, and the history of electric cars is littered with innovative takes on four-wheeled transit.

The first modern car—a practical, marketable automobile for everyday use—and the first car in series production appeared in 1886, when Carl Benz developed a gasoline-powered automobile and made several identical copies.

The first electric car in the United States was developed in 1890–91 by Scotland-born William Morrison of Des Moines, Iowa; the vehicle was a six-passenger wagon capable of reaching a speed of 23 km/h (14 mph).

2014年9月15日 · Here in the U.S., the first successful electric car made its debut around 1890 thanks to William Morrison, a chemist who lived in Des Moines, Iowa. His six-passenger vehicle capable of a top speed of 14 miles per hour was little more than an electrified wagon, but it helped spark interest in electric vehicles.

2020年7月23日 · In 1839, a Scottish inventor named Robert Davidson created what is believed to be the world's first electric vehicle – a carriage powered by a motor of his own design and rudimentary, non-rechargeable liquid-acid batteries. Records show that the vehicle was shown to the public in 1839 and carried passengers, albeit on short demonstration runs.

The Tesla Model 3 became the world's all-time best-selling electric car in early 2020, [19] and in June 2021 became the first electric car to pass 1 million global sales. [20] Together with other emerging automotive technologies such as autonomous driving, connected vehicles and shared mobility, electric cars form a future mobility vision ...

2023年10月15日 · From 1828 to 1839, several prototypes of the world’s first electric car were developed. First came the prototype of Ányos Jedlik in 1828, then the one made by Robert Anderson somewhere between 1832 and 1839, and finally the EV prototype developed by Professor Sibrandus Stratingh & Christopher Becker in 1835.

2015年4月26日 · 2011: The Mitsubishi i-MiEV becomes the first electric car to see more than 10,000 sales (including under various other badges — Citroën C-Zero and Peugeot iOn).

2023年11月21日 · The electric car was first developed in the early 19th century, and the first recorded invention of an electric vehicle is attributed to Scottish inventor Robert Anderson in the year 183 Anderson’s prototype comprised non-rechargeable cells that powered a …

An English inventor named Thomas Parker built the first production electric car in 1884. Parker is famous for electrifying the London underground tramways, and his EV was produced by the Elwell-Parker Company. Meanwhile, in the U.S., chemist William Morrison in Des Moines, Iowa, applied for a patent in 1890 for his “electric carriage.”