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As of December 2015, global sales of electric cars were led by the Nissan Leaf with over 200,000 units sold making the Leaf the world's top-selling highway-capable electric car in history. The Tesla Model S , with global deliveries of more than 100,000 units, listed as the world's second best selling all-electric car of all time. [ 171 ]
Fastest acceleration of an electric car, 0 to 100 km/h in 1.461 seconds by university students at the University of Stuttgart. [69] Electric Land Speed Record 353 mph (568 km/h). [70] Electric Car Distance Record 1,725 miles (2,776 km) in 24 hours by Bjørn Nyland. [71] Greatest distance by electric vehicle, single charge 999.5 miles (1,608.5 km).
The term "electric car" typically refers specifically to battery electric vehicles (BEVs) or all-electric cars, a type of electric vehicle (EV) that has an onboard rechargeable battery pack that can be plugged in and charged from the electric grid, and the electricity stored on the vehicle is the only energy source that provide propulsion for ...
The public was initially unimpressed, since the cars had a very slow start (slower than in a horse race) but after taking fifteen minutes for completing five laps, the car built by Riker Electric ...
Tesla was incorporated (as Tesla Motors) on July 1, 2003, by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning in San Carlos, California. [2] [3] [4] The founders were influenced to start the company after General Motors recalled all its EV1 electric cars in 2003 and then destroyed them, [5] and seeing the higher fuel efficiency of battery-electric cars as an opportunity to break the usual correlation ...
By 2025, UBS predicts that 20% of all new cars sold globally will be electric. Electric vehicles may be 'the biggest change in the 100-year plus history' of the auto industry: Expert [Video] Skip ...
Electric vehicles and their components remained an emerging industry in 2024. ... Reopening the Kings Mountain lithium mine shuttered since 1988 was behind the September announcement for a Fortune ...
The General Motors EV1 is a battery electric car produced by the American automaker General Motors from 1996 until its demise in 1999.. A subcompact car, the EV1 marked the introduction of mass produced and purpose-built battery electric vehicles.