-
First electric vehicle
Robert Anderson of Aberseen, Scotland built the first electric vehicle. -
Four-Pasenger carriage
Immisch & Company created a four passanger carriage, using a 24-cell battery as a main source of power. -
"Voiturette"
Pieper, a Belgian carmaker, introduced a 3-1/2 horsepower "voiturette" which worked side by side with an electric motor. the car was able to switch between the two engines depending on what the car was doing -
Henry Ford
Henry ford overcame the challegenes posed by gasoline-powered cars and created a low-priced, lightweight, gas-powered assembly line to produce cars in a more simple matter.
This also opposed a huge treat to Electric vehicles because they were that much more expensive. -
Huge Period of improvement
1890-1910 was a period of big improvemnts in battery techonology. H.tudor was reponsible for the modern lead-acid battery and Eadison & Junger were resposible for the nickel-iron battery -
1920-1965
Time period for mass-produced electric and hybrid cars.
This also became a time period for backyard thinkeres and small-time entrepreneurs -
Congress Gets Involved
In 1966, Congress introduced a bill recommending electric vehicles as an lternative to gasoline-powered vehicles. -
Big companies get involved
General Motors spnt over $20 Million in electric car development and research. -
PNGV
The Clinton administration announced a goverment partnership for a new generation of vehicles (PNGV) to develop a car capabe to operate at up to 80 miles per gallon, all three prototypes that emerged from this effort were hybrids -
First hybrid four-door sedan
Toyota released the Toyota Prius, The first hybrid sedan available in the United States -
Honda Civic Hybrid
Honda introduced the Honda Civic Hybrid, its second commercially avilable hybrid car. -
Ford
In september, Ford released the Escape Hybrid, the first American hybrid and the firsrt SUV hybrid
