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First purpose-designed electric vehicle of the modern era from a major automaker and the first GM car designed to be an electric vehicle from the outset. Honda EV Plus: 1997–1999 ~300 130–175 km (80–110 miles) First known vehicle from a major automaker to eschew the use of lead-acid batteries in favour of NiMH. Toyota RAV4 EV: 1997–2002
An electric vehicle (EV) is a vehicle whose propulsion is powered fully or mostly by electricity. [1] EVs include road and rail vehicles , electric boats and underwater vessels , electric aircraft and electric spacecraft .
The Mitsubishi i-MiEV, launched in 2009 in Japan, was the first highway-legal series production electric car, [48] and also the first all-electric car to sell more than 10,000 units. Several months later, the Nissan Leaf , launched in 2010, surpassed the i MiEV as the best selling all-electric car at that time.
As part of GM's vehicle electrification strategy, [138] and following the introduction of the Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid vehicle to the American market in late 2010, the Chevrolet Spark EV was launched in June 2013. It marked GM's first all-electric passenger car release in the United States since the discontinuation of the EV1 in 1999. [139]
Nissan has a long history of developing and selling electric vehicles in limited numbers. In 1974, they introduced the Nissan Laurel C130-EV, which was originally developed by a company Nissan acquired in 1966, called the Prince Motor Company. In 1946, Prince introduced an electric vehicle, called the Tama, and it was sold in limited numbers.
Owning an EV for the first time can be a bit daunting at first. People have had their whole lives to get used to driving gas-powered vehicles, and EVs are basically brand-new.
That includes a 2.5% tariff that generally applies to imported cars plus an additional 25% tariff introduced by the Trump administration in 2018 on China-made vehicles.
Lamborghini's Lanzador EV (credit: Pras Subramanian) (Pras Subramanian) However, when most people think of high ground-clearance cars with two rows of seats, typically a four- door car comes to mind.