Nissan / General Electric / Solectria Corp. / Elcar Corporation / General Motors / Potomac Edison Company / Electric Battery Company / Battronic Truck Company / Smith Delivery Vehicles Ltd. / Chrysler / Exide / American Motor Company / /
Continent
America / /
Country
France / United Kingdom / /
Currency
USD / /
IndustryTerm
electric car / nickel metal hydride batteries / car families / crude oil / nickel metal hydride battery packs / electric car production / gas heater / gasoline car / imported foreign crude oil / personal transportation / /
Organization
United States Postal Service / Department of Energy / California Air Resources Board / /
Person
Charles Kettering / Henry Ford / /
Position
Ranger / /
Product
Geo Metro / Ranger / Chevrolet S-10 / Toyota RAV4 / Ford Ranger / S-10 / /
The History of Electric Cars The Early YearsThe electric vehicle is not a recent development. In fact, the electric vehicle has been around for over 100 years, and it has an interesting history of developm