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Scottish inventor Robert Anderson
invents first electric carriage
powered by non-rechargeable batteryWilliam Morrison of Des Moines, Iowa
builds the first successful electric automobile
in the United StatesFrench Physicist Gaston Plante,
invents first rechargable,
lead-acid storage battery1897
First Electric taxicabs hit the
streets of New York City1900
Electric Vehicles consist of about thirty percent of vehicles sold this yearHenry Ford mass produces
the gas powered Model T
and begins to capitalize the
motor powered vehicle market.Charles Kettering invents the
electric start for gas powered
automobiles, eliminating the
unkindly hand-crank start.1920
Electric vehicle sales plummet to
nothing due to desire for long
range vehicles, low horse power,
and readily available gas.Congress recommends
electric vehicles to reduce air pollutionVictor Wouk builds the first
full-powered gas/electric hybrid
from a 1972 Buick Skylark.
The program is disbanded four years later.California Passes the
Zero Emission Vehicle Mandate
which required that ten percent
of vehicles were to be zero emission by 2003.Toyota produces the Prius
in Japan which becomes
the first mass - produced
and marketed hybrid car.Honda, Ford, Nissan, Chevy, Toyota.
Just about every car company
is developing and releasing hybrid vehiclesThis was later further developed
and improved by a chemist
named Camille Faure to have
a much higher capacity.
Thus making it more practical
for automobile applications.
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