Early stage
The history of electric vehicles predates the most common internal combustion engine-powered cars we have today. Hungarian inventor and engineer Anyush Jedlik, the father of the DC motor, first experimented with the electromagnetic rotating mobile device in the laboratory in 1828. American Thomas Davenport built the first electric car driven by a DC motor in 1834. In 1837, Thomas thus obtained the first patent for the American motor industry.
Between 1832 and 1838, Scotsman Robert Anderson invented the electric carriage, a vehicle powered by a primary battery that could not be recharged. In 1838, Scotsman Robert Davidson invented the electric powered train. The tram that still runs on the road today is a patent that appeared in England in 1840.
The history of battery electric vehicles. The world's first electric car was born in 1881, the inventor was French engineer Gustave Truff, which was a tricycle powered by lead-acid batteries; in 1873, it was used by British Robert Davidson. The electric vehicle invented by the primary battery is not included in the scope of international confirmation. Later, lead-acid batteries, nickel-cadmium batteries, nickel-hydrogen batteries, lithium-ion batteries, and fuel cells appeared as electricity.
Medium term
1860-1920 stage: With the development of battery technology, the use of electric vehicles has been widely used in Europe and the United States in the second half of the 19th century. In 1859, the great French physicist and inventor Gaston Plante invented the rechargeable lead-acid battery.
From the end of the 19th century to the 1920s, in the early automobile consumer market, electric vehicles had more advantages than internal combustion engine-driven vehicles: no smell, no vibration, no noise, no need to shift and low price, which formed a three-dimensional model of steam, electric and internal combustion engines. Divide the world auto market.
Stagnation period
1920-1990 stage: With the development of Texas oil and the improvement of internal combustion engine technology, electric vehicles gradually lost their advantages after 1920. The automotive market is gradually being replaced by vehicles powered by internal combustion engines. Only in a few cities remain very few trams and trolleybuses and a very limited number of battery cars (using lead-acid battery packs, used in golf courses, forklifts, etc.).
The development of electric vehicles has been stagnant for more than half a century. As oil resources roll into the market, people almost forget that electric vehicles even exist. Relative to the technologies used in electric vehicles: electric drive, battery materials, power battery packs, battery management, etc., cannot be developed or used.
Rcovery period
1990-present: The decreasing oil resources and the serious pollution of the atmospheric environment have made people pay more attention to electric vehicles. Before 1990, the use of electric vehicles was mainly advocated by the private sector. For example, the non-governmental academic organization established in 1969: World Electric Vehicle Association. The World Electric Vehicle Association holds professional electric vehicle academic conferences and exhibitions in different countries and regions around the world every year and a half. Since the 1990s, major automobile manufacturers have begun to pay attention to the future development of electric vehicles and have begun to invest capital and technology in the field of electric vehicles.