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One out of two new passenger cars registered in Norway in 2019 was a plug-in electric car [252] Early 2020: The Tesla Model 3 surpassed the Nissan Leaf as the world's best selling plug-in electric car in history [208] Mar 2020: The Tesla Model 3 is the first electric car to sell more than 500,000 units since inception. [208]
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 ...
As pro-car advocate [22] in 1900 Woods published the book "The Electric Automobile: Its Construction, Care. and Operation," which is a particularly interesting for the engineering of early electrics. [23] About the reach capacities of electric automobiles, Woods explained: Electric automobile, 1900 [24] Electric automobile, 1900 [25]
The Electric Vehicle Company was founded September 27, 1897, as a holding company of battery-powered electric vehicle manufacturers acquired and assembled by Isaac Rice. [1] [2] In May 1897, Rice had acquired the Electric Carriage & Wagon Company (E.C.W.C.), a New York manufacturer of electric taxicabs.
Fastest acceleration of an electric car, 0 to 100 km/h in 1.461 seconds by university students at the University of Stuttgart. [70] Electric Land Speed Record 353 mph (568 km/h). [71] Electric Car Distance Record 1,725 miles (2,776 km) in 24 hours by Bjørn Nyland. [72] Greatest distance by electric vehicle, single charge 999.5 miles (1,608.5 km).
1997–present Toyota Prius—launched in the Japanese market and became a popular hybrid electric vehicle in many markets. [74] 1998–present Ford Focus—a popular hatchbacks and Ford's bestselling world car; 2008–2012 Tesla Roadster—first highway-capable all-electric vehicle in serial production for sale in the US in the modern era. It ...
Electric car pioneer Thomas Parker FRSE MICE (22 December 1843 – 5 December 1915) was an English electrical engineer , inventor and industrialist . He patented improvements in lead-acid batteries and dynamos , and was a pioneer of manufacturing equipment that powered electric tramways and electric lighting .
1997 – Toyota RAV4 EV, first nickel-metal hydride batteries (NiMH) electric car. Toyota Prius first mass-produced full hybrid car. 1997 – Nissan R'nessa, first short-run production lithium-ion battery electric car. 1998 – First ion-propulsion spacecraft Deep Space 1 launched. 1998 – Honda Raccoon Compo, first folding electric bicycle in ...