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Overview of Electric Vehicles
Types and terminology
- EV - electric vehicle
- BEV - battery electric vehicle
- HEV - hybrid electric vehicle
- PHEV - plug in hybrid electric vehicle
- E-REX - extended range electric vehicle
- ICE - Internal Combustion Vehicle
History and use cases
EV-s were quite popular at the 19-th century. But fossil powered vehicles took over in the beginning of 20-th century.
| Beginning 1801-1850 | First Age 1851-1900 | Boom and Bust 1901-1950 | Second Age 1951-2000 | Third Age 2001-2020 |
| The earlyest electric vehicles were invented in Scotland an the USA | Electric vehicles enter the market and start to find broad appeal. | EVs reach historical peaks of production but are then displaced by petrol-engine cars | High oil prices and pollution created a new interest in electric vehicles | Public and private sectors now commit to vehicle electrification |
| 1832-39 Robert Anderson of Scotland built the first prototype electric carriage | 1888 GER 1.-st Four wheel EV car | 1908 Petrol Ford Model-T comes to mass production | 1973 OPEC oil embargo high oil prices interest in EVs | Oil prices reached record high |
| 1834 Thomas Davenport of the USA invented the first DC electric motor in a car that operates on a circular electrified track | 1899 FRA 1.-st EV over 100km/h | 1912 Kettering invented electric starter motor for petrol cars | 1996 California ZEV requirement, GM produced EV1 electic car | 2011 Nissan Leaf was launched and it got European car of the year award |
| 1900 EV-s were best selling road vehicles in USA 28% of the market | By 1935, the number of EVs dropped almost to Zero and ICE vehicles dominated because of cheap petrol | 1997 JAP Toyota starts selling Prius worlds first commercial hybrid. 18000 were sold that year | 2012 Tesla Model S 0-100km/h 2.8sec 500km range starts new EV boom in 21 century |
March 2020 Tesla has produced 1 000 000 EV-s
Technology overview
