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Electric vehicles first appeared in the mid-19th century. An electric vehicle held the vehicular land speed record until around 1900. The high cost, low top speed, and short range of battery electric vehicles, compared to later internal combustion engine vehicles, led to a worldwide decline in their use; although electric vehicles have continued to be used in the form of electric trains and other niche uses.

At the beginning of the 21st century, interest in electric and other alternative fuel vehicles has increased due to growing concern over the problems associated with hydrocarbon-fueled vehicles, including damage to the environment caused by their emissions, and the sustainability of the current hydrocarbon-based transportation infrastructure as well as improvements in electric vehicle technology. Since 2010, combined sales of all-electric cars and utility vans achieved 1 million units delivered globally in September 2016,^[1] and combined global sales of light-duty all-electrics and plug-in hybrids passed 5 million in December 2018.^[2]^[3]

Early history

Electric model cars

The invention of the first model electric vehicle is attributed to various people.^[1] In 1828, Ányos Jedlik invented an early type of electric motor, created a small model car powered by his new motor. In 1834, Vermont blacksmith Thomas Davenport built a similar contraption which operated on a short, circular, electrified track.^[2] In 1834, Professor Sibrandus Stratingh of Groningen, the Netherlands and his assistant Christopher Becker created a small-scale electrical car, powered by non-rechargeable primary cells.^[3]

Electric locomotives

The first known electric locomotive was built in 1837, in Scotland by chemist Robert Davidson of Aberdeen. It was powered by galvanic cells (batteries). Davidson later built a larger locomotive named Galvani, exhibited at the Royal Scottish Society of Arts Exhibition in 1841. The {{convert|7|LT|kg|adj=on|order=flip}} vehicle had two direct-drive reluctance motors, with fixed electromagnets acting on iron bars attached to a wooden cylinder on each axle, and simple commutators. It hauled a load of {{convert|6|LT|kg|order=flip}} at {{convert|4|mph|km/h|order=flip}} for a distance of {{convert|1.5|mi|km|abbr=in|order=flip}}. It was tested on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway in September of the following year, but the limited power from batteries prevented its general use. It was destroyed by railway workers, who saw it as a threat to their security of employment.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

Between 1832 and 1839, Scottish inventor Robert Anderson also invented a crude electrical carriage.^[11] A patent for the use of rails as conductors of electric current was granted in England in 1840, and similar patents were issued to Lilley and Colten in the United States in 1847.^[8]

First practical electric cars

Rechargeable batteries that provided a viable means for storing electricity on board a vehicle did not come into being until 1859, with the invention of the lead–acid battery by French physicist Gaston Planté.^[9]^[10] Camille Alphonse Faure, another French scientist, significantly improved the design of the battery in 1881; his improvements greatly increased the capacity of such batteries and led directly to their manufacture on an industrial scale.^[11]

An early electric-powered two-wheel cycle was put on display at the 1867 World Exposition in Paris by the Austrian inventor Franz Kravogl, but it was regarded as a curiosity and could not drive reliably in the street.^[12] Another cycle, this time with three wheels, was tested along a Paris street in April 1881 by French inventor Gustave Trouvé ^[13]

English inventor Thomas Parker, who was responsible for innovations such as electrifying the London Underground, overhead tramways in Liverpool and Birmingham, and the smokeless fuel coalite, built the first production electric car in London in 1884, using his own specially designed high-capacity rechargeable batteries.^[14] Parker's long-held interest in the construction of more fuel-efficient vehicles led him to experiment with electric vehicles. He also may have been concerned about the malign effects smoke and pollution were having in London.^[15]

Production of the car was in the hands of the Elwell-Parker Company, established in 1882 for the construction and sale of electric trams. The company merged with other rivals in 1888 to form the Electric Construction Corporation; this company had a virtual monopoly on the British electric car market in the 1890s. The company manufactured the first electric 'dog cart' in 1896.^[16]

Electric trains were also used to transport coal out of mines, as their motors did not use up precious oxygen. Before the pre-eminence of internal combustion engines, electric automobiles also held many speed and distance records.^[19] Among the most notable of these records was the breaking of the {{convert|100|km/h|abbr=on}} speed barrier, by Camille Jenatzy on 29 April 1899 in his 'rocket-shaped' vehicle Jamais Contente, which reached a top speed of {{convert|105.88|km/h|abbr=on}}. Also notable was Ferdinand Porsche's design and construction of an all-wheel drive electric car, powered by a motor in each hub, which also set several records in the hands of its owner E.W. Hart.

The first electric car in the United States was developed in 1890-91 by William Morrison of Des Moines, Iowa; the vehicle was a six-passenger wagon capable of reaching a speed of {{convert|14|mph|km/h|order=flip}}. It was not until 1895 that consumers began to devote attention to electric vehicles, after A.L. Ryker introduced the first electric tricycles to the U.S.^[20], by which point Europeans had been making use of electric tricycles, bicycles, and cars for almost 15 years.

Golden age

Electric vehicles had a number of advantages over their early-1900s competitors. They did not have the vibration, smell, and noise associated with gasoline cars. They also did not require gear changes. (While steam-powered cars also had no gear shifting, they suffered from long start-up times of up to 45 minutes on cold mornings.) The cars were also preferred because they did not require a manual effort to start, as did gasoline cars which featured a hand crank to start the engine.

Electric cars found popularity among well-heeled customers who used them as city cars, where their limited range proved to be even less of a disadvantage. Electric cars were often marketed as suitable vehicles for women drivers due to their ease of operation; in fact, early electric cars were stigmatized by the perception that they were "women's cars", leading some companies to affix radiators to the front to disguise the car's propulsion system.{{Citation needed|date=September 2018}}

Acceptance of electric cars was initially hampered by a lack of power infrastructure, but by 1912, many homes were wired for electricity, enabling a surge in the popularity of the cars. In the United States by the turn of the century, 40 percent of automobiles were powered by steam, 38 percent by electricity, and 22 percent by gasoline. A total of 33,842 electric cars were registered in the United States, and the U.S. became the country where electric cars had gained the most acceptance.^[24] Most early electric vehicles were massive, ornate carriages designed for the upper-class customers that made them popular. They featured luxurious interiors and were replete with expensive materials. Sales of electric cars peaked in the early 1910s.

In order to overcome the limited operating range of electric vehicles, and the lack of recharging infrastructure, an exchangeable battery service was first proposed as early as 1896.^[29] The concept was first put into practice by Hartford Electric Light Company through the GeVeCo battery service and initially available for electric trucks. The vehicle owner purchased the vehicle from General Vehicle Company (GVC, a subsidiary of the General Electric Company) without a battery and the electricity was purchased from Hartford Electric through an exchangeable battery. The owner paid a variable per-mile charge and a monthly service fee to cover maintenance and storage of the truck. Both vehicles and batteries were modified to facilitate a fast battery exchange. The service was provided between 1910 and 1924 and during that period covered more than 6 million miles. Beginning in 1917 a similar successful service was operated in Chicago for owners of Milburn Wagon Company cars who also could buy the vehicle without the batteries.^[25]

Decline

After enjoying success at the beginning of the 20th century, the electric car began to lose its position in the automobile market. A number of developments contributed to this situation. By the 1920s an improved road infrastructure required vehicles with a greater range than that offered by electric cars. Worldwide discoveries of large petroleum reserves led to the wide availability of affordable gasoline, making gas-powered cars cheaper to operate over long distances. Electric cars were limited to urban use by their slow speed (no more than 24–32 km/h or 15–20 mph^[24]) and low range (50–65 km or 30–40 miles^[24]), and gasoline cars were now able to travel farther and faster than equivalent electrics.

Gasoline cars became even easier to operate thanks to the invention of the electric starter by Charles Kettering in 1912,^[26] which eliminated the need of a hand crank for starting a gasoline engine, and the noise emitted by ICE cars became more bearable thanks to the use of the muffler, which Milton O. Reeves and Marshall T. Reeves had invented in 1897. Finally, the initiation of mass production of gas-powered vehicles by Henry Ford brought their price down.^[27] By contrast, the price of similar electric vehicles continued to rise; by 1912, an electric car sold for almost double the price of a gasoline car.^[17]

Most electric car makers stopped production at some point in the 1910s. Electric vehicles became popular for certain applications where their limited range did not pose major problems. Forklift trucks were electrically powered when they were introduced by Yale in 1923.^[28] In Europe, especially the United Kingdom, milk floats were powered by electricity, and for most of the 20th century the majority of the world's battery electric road vehicles were British milk floats.^[29] Electric golf carts were produced by Lektro as early as 1954.^[30] By the 1920s, the early heyday of electric cars had passed, and a decade later, the electric automobile industry had effectively disappeared. Michael Brian examines the social and technological reasons for the failure of electric cars in his book Taking Charge: The Electric Automobile in America.^[31]

Years passed without a major revival in the use of electric cars. Fuel-starved European countries fighting in World War II experimented with electric cars such as the British milk floats and the French Breguet Aviation car, but overall, while ICE development progressed at a brisk pace, electric vehicle technology stagnated. In the late 1950s, Henney Coachworks and the National Union Electric Company, makers of Exide batteries, formed a joint venture to produce a new electric car, the Henney Kilowatt, based on the French Renault Dauphine. The car was produced in 36-volt and 72-volt configurations; the 72-volt models had a top speed approaching {{convert|96|km/h|mph|abbr=on}} and could travel for nearly an hour on a single charge. Despite the Kilowatt's improved performance with respect to previous electric cars, consumers found it{{Citation needed|date=August 2009}} too expensive compared to equivalent gasoline cars of the time, and production ended in 1961.

1960s: Revival of interest

In 1959, American Motors Corporation (AMC) and Sonotone Corporation announced a joint research effort to consider producing an electric car powered by a "self-charging" battery.^[32] AMC had a reputation for innovation in economical cars while Sonotone had technology for making sintered plate nickel-cadmium batteries that could be recharged rapidly and weighed less than traditional lead-acid versions.^[33] That same year, Nu-Way Industries showed an experimental electric car with a one-piece plastic body that was to begin production in early 1960.^[32]

In the mid 1960s a few battery-electric concept cars appeared, such as the Scottish Aviation Scamp (1965),^[34] and an electric version of General Motors gasoline car, the Electrovair (1966).^[35] None of them entered production. The 1966 Enfield 8000 did make it into small-scale production, 112 were eventually produced.^[36]In 1967, AMC partnered with Gulton Industries to develop a new battery based on lithium and a speed controller designed by Victor Wouk.^[37] A nickel-cadmium battery supplied power to an all-electric 1969 Rambler American station wagon.^[37] Other "plug-in" experimental AMC vehicles developed with Gulton included the Amitron (1967) and the similar Electron (1977).

On 31 July 1971, an electric car received the unique distinction of becoming the first manned vehicle to drive on the Moon; that car was the Lunar Roving Vehicle, which was first deployed during the Apollo 15 mission. The "Moon buggy" was developed by Boeing and GM subsidiary Delco Electronics (co-founded by Kettering)^[26] featured a DC drive motor in each wheel, and a pair of 36-volt silver-zinc potassium hydroxide non-rechargeable batteries.

After years outside the limelight, the energy crises of the 1970s and 1980s brought about renewed interest in the perceived independence electric cars had from the fluctuations of the hydrocarbon energy market. General Motors created a concept car of another of their gasoline cars, the Electrovette (1976). At the 1990 Los Angeles Auto Show, General Motors President Roger Smith unveiled the GM Impact electric concept car, along with the announcement that GM would build electric cars for sale to the public.

In the early 1990s, the California Air Resources Board (CARB), the government of California's "clean air agency", began a push for more fuel-efficient, lower-emissions vehicles, with the ultimate goal being a move to zero-emissions vehicles such as electric vehicles.^[38]^[39] In response, automakers developed electric models, including the Chrysler TEVan, Ford Ranger EV pickup truck, GM EV1 and S10 EV pickup, Honda EV Plus hatchback, Nissan lithium-battery Altra EV miniwagon and Toyota RAV4 EV.

The automakers were accused of pandering to the wishes of CARB in order to continue to be allowed to sell cars in the lucrative Californian market, while failing to adequately promote their electric vehicles in order to create the impression that the consumers were not interested in the cars, all the while joining oil industry lobbyists in vigorously protesting CARB's mandate.^[39] GM's program came under particular scrutiny; in an unusual move, consumers were not allowed to purchase EV1s, but were instead asked to sign closed-end leases, meaning that the cars had to be returned to GM at the end of the lease period, with no option to purchase, despite leasee interest in continuing to own the cars.^[39] Chrysler, Toyota, and a group of GM dealers sued CARB in Federal court, leading to the eventual neutering of CARB's ZEV Mandate.{{citation needed|date=December 2016}}

After public protests by EV drivers' groups upset by the repossession of their cars, Toyota offered the last 328 RAV4-EVs for sale to the general public during six months, up until 22 November 2002. Almost all other production electric cars were withdrawn from the market and were in some cases seen to have been destroyed by their manufacturers.^[39] Toyota continues to support the several hundred Toyota RAV4-EV in the hands of the general public and in fleet usage. GM famously de-activated the few EV1s that were donated to engineering schools and museums.^[40]

Throughout the 1990s, interest in fuel-efficient or environmentally friendly cars declined among consumers in the United States, who instead favored sport utility vehicles, which were affordable to operate despite their poor fuel efficiency thanks to lower gasoline prices. Domestic U.S. automakers chose to focus their product lines around the truck-based vehicles, which enjoyed larger profit margins than the smaller cars which were preferred in places like Europe or Japan.

Most electric vehicles on the world roads are low-speed, low-range neighborhood electric vehicles (NEVs). Pike Research estimated there were almost 479,000 NEVs on the world roads in 2011.^[41] {{As of|2006|07}}, there were between 60,000 and 76,000 low-speed battery-powered vehicles in use in the United States, up from about 56,000 in 2004.^[42] North America's top selling NEV is the Global Electric Motorcars (GEM) vehicles, with more than 50,000 units sold worldwide by mid 2014.^[43] The world's two largest NEV markets in 2011 were the United States, with 14,737 units sold, and France, with 2,231 units.^[44] Other micro electric cars sold in Europe was the Kewet, since 1991, and replaced by the Buddy, launched in 2008.^[45] Also the Th!nk City was launched in 2008 but production was halted due to financial difficulties.^[46] Production restarted in Finland in December 2009.^[47] The Th!nk was sold in several European countries and the U.S.^[48]^[49] In June 2011 Think Global filed for bankruptcy and production was halted.^[50] Worldwide sales reached 1,045 units by March 2011.^[51] A total of 200,000 low-speed small electric cars were sold in China in 2013, most of which are powered by lead-acid batteries. These electric vehicles are not considered by the government as new energy vehicles due to safety and environmental concerns, and consequently, do not enjoy the same benefits as highway legal plug-in electric cars.^[52]

2000s: Modern highway-capable electric cars

California electric car maker Tesla Motors began development in 2004 on the Tesla Roadster, which was first delivered to customers in 2008.^[53] The Roadster was the first highway legal serial production all-electric car to use lithium-ion battery cells, and the first production all-electric car to travel more than {{convert|200|mi|abbr=in|order=flip}} per charge.^[54] Since 2008, Tesla sold approximately 2,450 Roadsters in over 30 countries through December 2012.^[55] Tesla sold the Roadster until early 2012, when its supply of Lotus Elise gliders ran out, as its contract with Lotus Cars for 2,500 gliders expired at the end of 2011.^[56]^[57] Tesla stopped taking orders for the Roadster in the U.S. market in August 2011,^[58]^[59] and the 2012 Tesla Roadster was sold in limited numbers only in Europe, Asia and Australia.^[60]^[61]

The next Tesla vehicle, the Model S, was released in the U.S. on 22 June 2012^[62] and the first delivery of a Model S to a retail customer in Europe took place on 7 August 2013.^[63] Deliveries in China began on 22 April 2014.^[64] The next model was the Tesla Model X. In November 2014 Tesla delayed one more time the start of deliveries to retail customers, and announced the company expects Model X deliveries to begin in the third quarter of 2015.^[65]

The Mitsubishi i-MiEV was launched in Japan for fleet customers in July 2009, and for individual customers in April 2010,^[66]^[67]^[68] followed by sales to the public in Hong Kong in May 2010, and Australia in July 2010 via leasing.^[69]^[70] The i-MiEV was launched in Europe in December 2010, including a rebadged version sold in Europe as Peugeot iOn and Citroën C-Zero.^[71]^[72] The market launch in the Americas began in Costa Rica in February 2011, followed by Chile in May 2011.^[73]^[74] Fleet and retail customer deliveries in the U.S. and Canada began in December 2011.^[75]^[76]^[77] Accounting for all vehicles of the iMiEV brand, Mitsubishi reports around 27,200 units sold or exported since 2009 through December 2012, including the minicab MiEVs sold in Japan, and the units rebadged and sold as Peugeot iOn and Citroën C-Zero in the European market.^[78]

Senior leaders at several large automakers, including Nissan and General Motors, have stated that the Roadster was a catalyst which demonstrated that there is pent-up consumer demand for more efficient vehicles. In an August 2009 edition of The New Yorker, GM vice-chairman Bob Lutz was quoted as saying, "All the geniuses here at General Motors kept saying lithium-ion technology is 10 years away, and Toyota agreed with us – and boom, along comes Tesla. So I said, 'How come some tiny little California startup, run by guys who know nothing about the car business, can do this, and we can't?' That was the crowbar that helped break up the log jam."^[79]

2010s to present

The Nissan Leaf, introduced in Japan and the United States in December 2010, became the first modern all-electric, zero tailpipe emission five door family hatchback to be produced for the mass market from a major manufacturer.^[80]^[81] {{As of|2013|01}}, the Leaf is also available in Australia, Canada and 17 European countries.^[96]

The Better Place network was the first modern commercial deployment of the battery swapping model. The Renault Fluence Z.E. was the first mass production electric car enable with switchable battery technology and sold for the Better Place network in Israel and Denmark.^[82] Better Place launched its first battery-swapping station in Israel, in Kiryat Ekron, near Rehovot in March 2011. The battery exchange process took five minutes.^[83] {{As of|2012|12}}, there were 17 battery switch stations fully operational in Denmark enabling customers to drive anywhere across the country in an electric car.^[84] By late 2012 the company began to suffer financial difficulties, and decided to put on hold the roll out in Australia and reduce its non-core activities in North America, as the company decided to concentrate its resources on its two existing markets.^[85]^[86]^[87] On 26 May 2013, Better Place filed for bankruptcy in Israel.^[88] The company's financial difficulties were caused by the high investment required to develop the charging and swapping infrastructure, about {{USD|850}} million in private capital, and a market penetration significantly lower than originally predicted by Shai Agassi. Less than 1,000 Fluence Z.E. cars were deployed in Israel and around 400 units in Denmark.^[89]^[90]

The Smart electric drive, Wheego Whip LiFe, Mia electric, Volvo C30 Electric, and the Ford Focus Electric were launched for retail customers during 2011. The BYD e6, released initially for fleet customers in 2010, began reatail sales in Shenzhen, China in October 2011.^[91] The Bolloré Bluecar was released in December 2011 and deployed for use in the Autolib' carsharing service in Paris.^[92] Leasing to individual and corporate customers began in October 2012 and is limited to the Île-de-France area.^[93] In February 2011, the Mitsubishi i MiEV became the first electric car to sell more than of more than 10,000 units, including the models badged in Europe as Citroën C-Zero and Peugeot. The record was officially registered by Guinness World Records. Several months later, the Nissan Leaf overtook the i MiEV as the best selling all-electric car ever,^[94] and by February 2013 global sales of the Leaf reached the 50,000 unit mark.^[95]

Models released to the market in 2012 and 2013 include the BMW ActiveE, Coda, Renault Fluence Z.E., Tesla Model S, Honda Fit EV, Toyota RAV4 EV, Renault Zoe, Roewe E50, Mahindra e2o, Chevrolet Spark EV, Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Electric Drive, Fiat 500e, Volkswagen e-Up!, BMW i3, and Kandi EV. Toyota released the Scion iQ EV in the U.S. (Toyota eQ in Japan) in 2013. The car production is limited to 100 units. The first 30 units were delivered to the University of California, Irvine in March 2013 for use in its Zero Emission Vehicle-Network Enabled Transport (ZEV-NET) carsharing fleet. Toyota announced that 90 out of the 100 vehicles produced globally will be placed in carsharing demonstration projects in the United States and the rest in Japan.^[96]

The Coda sedan went out of production in 2013, after selling only about 100 units in California. Its manufacturer, Coda Automotive, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on 1 May 2013. The company stated that it expects to emerge from the bankruptcy process to focus on energy storage solutions as it has decided to abandon car manufacturing.^[97]

The Tesla Model S ranked as the top selling plug-in electric car in North America during the first quarter of 2013 with 4,900 cars sold, ahead of the Nissan Leaf (3,695).^[98] European retail deliveries of the Tesla Model S began in Oslo in August 2013,^[99] and during its first full month in the market, the Model S ranked as the top selling car in Norway with 616 units delivered, representing a market share of 5.1% of all the new cars sold in the country in September 2013, becoming the first electric car to top the new car sales ranking in any country, and contributing to a record all-electric car market share of 8.6% of new car sales during that month.^[100]^[101] In October 2013, an electric car was the best selling car in the country for a second month in a row. This time was the Nissan Leaf with 716 units sold, representing a 5.6% of new car sales that month.^[102]^[103]

The Renault–Nissan Alliance reached global sales of 100,000 all-electric vehicles in July 2013.^[105] The 100,000th customer was a U.S. student who bought a Nissan Leaf.^[106] In mid January 2014, global sales of the Nissan Leaf reached the 100,000 unit milestone, representing a 45% market share of worldwide pure electric vehicles sold since 2010. The 100,000th car was delivered to a British customer.^[107]

The world's top selling all-electric cars in 2014 were the Nissan Leaf (61,507), Tesla Model S (31,655), BMW i3 (16,052), and the Renault Zoe (11,323). Accounting for plug-in hybrids, the Leaf and the Model S also ranked first and second correspondinly among the world's top 10 selling plug-in electric cars.^[113] All-electric models released to the retail customers in 2014 include the BMW Brilliance Zinoro 1E, Chery eQ, Geely-Kandi Panda EV, Zotye Zhidou E20, Kia Soul EV, Volkswagen e-Golf, Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive, and Venucia e30.

In May 2015, global sales of highway legal all-electric passenger cars and light utility vehicles passed the 500,000 unit milestone, accounting for sales since 2008. Out these, Nissan accounts for about 35%, Tesla Motors about 15%, and Mitsubishi about 10%.^[119] Also in May 2015, the Renault Zoe and the BMW i3 passed the 25,000 unit global sales milestone.^[120] In June 2015, worldwide sales of the Model S passed the 75,000 unit milestone in June 2015.^[111]

By early June 2015, the Renault–Nissan Alliance continued as the leading all-electric vehicle manufacturer with global sales of over 250,000 pure electric vehicles representing about half of the global light-duty all-electric market segment. Nissan sales totaled 185,000 units, which includes the Nissan Leaf and the e-NV200 van. Renault has sold 65,000 electric vehicles, and its line-up includes the ZOE passenger car, the Kangoo Z.E. van, the SM3 Z.E. (previously Fluence Z.E.) sedan and the Twizy heavy quadricycle.^[121]

By mid-September 2015, the global stock of highway legal plug-in electric passenger cars and utility vans passed the one million sales milestone, with the pure electrics capturing about 62% of global sales.^[122] The United States is the plug-in segment market leader with a stock of over 363,000 plug-in electric cars delivered since 2008 through August 2015, representing 36.3% of global sales.^[122] The state of California is the largest plug-in car regional market, with more than 158,000 units sold between December 2010 and June 2015, representing 46.5% of all plug-in cars sold in the U.S.^[123]^[124]^[125]^[125]^[126] Until December 2014, California not only had more plug-in electric vehicles than any other state in the nation, but also more than any other country.^[127]^[128]

The Tesla Model 3 was unveiled on 31 March 2016. With pricing starting at {{USD|35,000}} and an all-electric range of {{convert|215|mi|abbr=in|order=flip|round=5}}, the Model 3 is Tesla Motors first vehicle aimed for the mass market. Before the unveiling event, over 115,000 people had reserved the Model 3.^[136] {{As of|2016|04|07}}, one week after the event, Tesla Motors reported over 325,000 reservations, more than triple the 107,000 Model S cars Tesla had sold by the end of 2015. These reservations represent potential sales of over {{USD|14 billion}}.^[137]^[138] {{As of|2016|03|31}}, Tesla Motors has sold almost 125,000 electric cars worldwide since delivery of its first Tesla Roadster in 2008.^[139] Tesla reported the number of net reservations totaled about 373,000 {{as of|2016|05|15|lc=y}}, after about 8,000 customer cancellations and about 4,200 reservations canceled by the automaker because these appeared to be duplicates from speculators.^[140]^[141]

The Hyundai Ioniq Electric was released in South Korea in July 2016, and sold over 1,000 units during its first two months in the market.^[142] The Renault-Nissan Alliance achieved the milestone of 350,000 electric vehicles sold globally in August 2016, and also set an industry record of 100,000 electric vehicle sold in a single year.^[143] Nissan global electric vehicle sales passed the 250,000 unit milestone also in August 2016.^[143] Renault global electric vehicle sales passed the 100,000 unit milestone in early September 2016.^[144] Global sales of the Tesla Model X passed the 10,000 unit mark in August 2016, with most cars delivered in the United States.^[145]

Cumulative global sales of pure electric passenger cars and utility vans passed the 1 million unit milestone in September 2016.^[146] Global sales of the Tesla Model S achieved the 150,000 unit milestone in November 2016, four years and five months after its introduction, and just five more months than it took the Nissan Leaf to achieve the same milestone.^[147] Norway achieved the milestone of 100,000 all-electric vehicles registered in December 2016.^[148] Retail deliveries of the {{convert|238|mi|abbr=in|order=flip}} Chevrolet Bolt EV began in the San Francisco Bay Area on 13 December 2016.^[149] In December 2016, Nissan reported that Leaf owners worldwide achieved the milestone of {{convert|3|km|miles|abbr=in|1|disp=preunit|billion }} driven collectively through November 2016, saving the equivalent of nearly {{convert|500|kg|lb|-1|abbr=on|disp=preunit|million }} of {{CO2}} emissions.^[150] Global Nissan Leaf sales passed 250,000 units delivered in December 2016.^[151]^[152] The Tesla Model S was the world's best-selling plug-in electric car in 2016 for the second year running, with 50,931 units delivered globally.^[153]^[154]

In December 2016, Norway became the first country where 5% of all registered passenger cars was a plug-in electric.^[155] When new car sales in Norway are breakdown by powertrain or fuel, nine of the top ten best-selling models in 2016 were electric-drive models. The Norwegian electric-drive segment achieved a combined market share of 40.2% of new passenger car sales in 2016, consisting of 15.7% for all-electric cars, 13.4% for plug-in hybrids, and 11.2% for conventional hybris.^[156] A record monthly market share for the plug-in electric passenger segment in any country was achieved in Norway in January 2017 with 37.5% of new car sales; the plug-in hybrid segment reached a 20.0% market share of new passenger cars, and the all-electric car segment had a 17.5% market share.^[157] Also in January 2017, the electrified passenger car segment, consisting of plug-in hybrids, all-electric cars and conventional hybrids, for the first time ever surpassed combined sales of cars with a conventional diesel or gasoline engine, with a market share of 51.4% of new car sales that month.^[157]^[158] For many years Norwegian electric vehicles have been subsidised by approximately 50%, and have several other benefits, such as use of bus lanes and free parking.^[159] Many of these perks have been extended to 2020.^[160]

In February 2017 Consumer Reports named Tesla as the top car brand in the United States and ranked it 8th among global carmakers.^[161] Deliveries of the Tesla Model S passed the 200,000 unit milestone during the fourth quarter of 2017.^[162] Global sales of the Nissan Leaf achieved the 300,000 unit milestone in January 2018.^[163]

In September 2018, the Norwegian market share of all-electric cars reached 45.3% and plug-in hybrids 14.9%, for a combined market share of the plug-in car segment of 60.2% of new car registrations that month, becoming the world's highest-ever monthly market share for the plug-in electric passenger segment in Norway and in any country. Accounting for conventional hybrids, the electrified segment achieved an all-time record 71.5% market share in September 2018.^[164]^[165] In October 2018, Norway became the first country where 1 in every 10 passenger cars registered is a plug-in electric vehicle.^[166] Norway ended 2018 with plug-in market share of 49.1%, meaning that every second new passenger car sold in the country in 2018 was a plug-in electric. The market share for the all-electric segment was 31.2% in 2018.^[167]

Tesla delivered its 100,000th Model 3 in October 2018.^[168] U.S. sales of the Model 3 reached the 100,000 unit milestone in November 2018, quicker than any previous model sold in the country.^[169] The Model 3 was the top-selling plug-in electric car in the U.S. for 12 consecutive months since January 2018, ending 2018 as the best-selling plug-in with an estimated all-time record of 139,782 units delivered, the first time a plug-in car sold more than 100 thousand units in a single year.^[170]^[171]^[172] The Tesla Model 3 was also the world's best selling plug-in electric car in 2018.^[3] In January 2019, with 148,046 units sold since inception in the American market, the Model 3 overtook the Model S to become the all-time best selling all-electric car in the U.S.^[173]

The global stock of plug-in electric passenger cars reached 5.1 million units in December 2018, consisting of 3.3 million all-electric cars (65%) and 1.8 million plug-in hybrid cars (35%).^[174]^[175] The global ratio between BEVs and PHEVs has been shifting towards fully electric cars, it went from 56:44 in 2012, to 60:40 in 2015, and rose to 69:31 in 2018.^[175]^[176] Despite the rapid growth experienced, the plug-in electric car segment represented just about 1 out of every 250 motor vehicles on the world's roads at the end of 2018.^[177]

Electric bicycle

The principal manufacturer of e-bikes globally is China, with 2009 seeing the manufacturer of 22.2 million units. In the world Geoby is the leading manufacturers of E-bikes. Pedego is the best selling in the U.S.

China accounts for nearly 92% of the market worldwide. In China the number of electric bicycles on the road was 120 million in 2010. Jiangsu Yadea, an electric bicycle producer of renown in China, leads the ranking of China National Light Industry Council (CNLIC) electric bicycle industry for three years. It retains capacity of nearly 6 million electric bicycles a year.

In 1997, Charger Electric Bicycle was the first U.S. company to come out with a pedelec.

Select historical production vehicles

Selected list of battery electric vehicles include (in chronological order):^[178]^[179]

See also

References

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113. ^¹{{cite news|url=http://www.hybridcars.com/2014s-top-10-global-best-selling-plug-in-cars/11/|title=2014’s Top-10 Global Best-Selling Plug-in Cars |first=Jeff |last=Cobb |work=HybridCars.com|date=2015-02-10|accessdate=2015-11-06}}
114. ^{{cite news| url=http://www.hybridcars.com/renault-zoe-and-bmw-i3-join-the-50000-sales-club/ | title=Renault Zoe and BMW i3 Join The 50,000 Sales Club |first=Jeff |last=Cobb| work=HybridCars.com| date=2016-08-01| accessdate=2016-08-01}} {{As of|2016|06}}, cumulative global sales of the top selling plug-in electric cars were led by the Nissan Leaf (about 225,000), Tesla Model S (over 129,000), BYD Qin (56,191), Renault Zoe (51,193), and BMW i3 (almost 50,000).
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117. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-0113-chevrolet-volt-bolt-20150112-story.html|title=Chevy Bolt electric car targets Tesla with low price, long range|first=Brian |last=Thevenot |first2=Jerry |last2=Hirsch|newspaper=The Los Angeles Times |date=2015-01-12|accessdate=2015-01-13}}
118. ^{{cite news|url= http://fortune.com/2016/02/11/gm-chevy-bolt-opel-ampera-e/ | title=GM Unveils an All-Electric Car for Europe |first=Kirsten |last=Korosec |work=Fortune |date=2016-02-11 |accessdate=2016-02-12}}
119. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.hybridcars.com/renault-nissan-and-leaf-lead-all-in-global-ev-proliferation/|title=Renault-Nissan And Leaf Lead All In Global EV Proliferation |first=Jeff |last=Cobb |publisher=HybridCars.com |date=2015-06-01|accessdate=2015-06-14}} About 510,000 battery electric cars and light-duty vans have been sold worldwide by May 2015.
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121. ^{{cite web|url=http://group.renault.com/finance/informations-financieres/chiffre-cles/ventes-mensuelles|title=Ventes Mensuelles|language=French|trans-title=Monthly Sales|author=Groupe Renault|publisher=Renault.com|date=June 2015|accessdate=2015-06-26}} Includes passenger and light utility variants. Click on "Ventes mensuelles (mai 2015)" to download the files "XLSX - 187 Ko" for CYTD 2015 sales through May, and open the tab "Sales by Model".
122. ^¹²³⁴{{cite web|url= http://www.hybridcars.com/one-million-global-plug-in-sales-milestone-reached/|title=One Million Global Plug-In Sales Milestone Reached |first=Jeff |last=Cobb |publisher=HybridCars.com |date=2015-09-16|accessdate=2015-09-16 |quote=Cumulative global sales totaled about 1,004,000 highway legal plug-in electric passenger cars and light-duty vehicles by mid-September 2015.}}
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125. ^¹{{cite web|url=http://www.cncda.org/CMS/Pubs/Cal_Covering_4Q_14.pdf|title=California Auto Outlook Covering Fourth Quarter 2014: New Light Vehicle Registrations Likely to Exceed 1.9 million units in 2015|work=California New Car Dealers Association (CNCDA)|date=February 2015|accessdate=2015-03-15|quote=Registrations through December 2014 since 2010.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923205007/http://www.cncda.org/CMS/Pubs/Cal_Covering_4Q_14.pdf|archive-date=2015-09-23|dead-url=yes}}
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127. ^{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/22/us/brown-seeks-more-electric-cars-in-california.html?_r=0 |title=Jerry Brown Seeks More Electric Cars in California |first=Jennifer |last=Medina |newspaper=The New York Times |date=2014-09-21|accessdate=2014-09-27}}
128. ^{{cite news|url= http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_26493736/california-charges-ahead-electric-vehicles |title=California charges ahead with electric vehicles |first=Dana |last=Hull |newspaper=San Jose Mercury News |date=2014-09-08|accessdate=2015-03-15}}
129. ^{{cite news |url=http://wardsauto.com/politics/psa-toyota-lead-way-european-cars-get-cleaner |title=PSA, Toyota Lead Way as European Cars Get Cleaner |work=Ward's Auto |first=Roger |last=Schreffler |date=2015-09-23 |accessdate=2015-09-24 |quote=Cumulative plug-in hybrid and all-electric sales in Europe totaled 233,022 units as of December 2014. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925115621/http://wardsauto.com/politics/psa-toyota-lead-way-european-cars-get-cleaner |archive-date=2015-09-25 |dead-url=yes}}
130. ^{{cite news|url= http://www.lesechos.fr/journal20150810/lec2_industrie_et_services/021213096095-quand-lhybride-rechargeable-fait-de-lombre-a-la-voiture-electrique-1143285.php |title=Quand l’hybride rechargeable fait de l’ombre à la voiture électrique |language=French |trans-title=When the plug-in hybrid overshadows the electric car |first=Maxime |last=Amiot|newspaper=Les Échos |location=France |date=2015-09-10 |accessdate=2015-09-16 |quote=A total of 77,259 plug-in electric cars were sold in Europe during the first half of 2015, consisting of 40,558 all-electric cars and 36,701 plug-in hybrids.}}
131. ^{{cite news|url= http://www.hybridcars.com/tesla-model-s-crossed-100000-sales-milestone-this-month/|title=Tesla Model S Crossed 100,000 Sales Milestone This Month |first=Jeff |last=Cobb|work=HybridCars.com|date=2015-12-15|accessdate=2015-12-17}} Accounting for global cumulative sales by December 2015, plug-in electric car sales are led by the Nissan Leaf (200,000), followed by the Tesla Model S (100,000). {{As of|2015|11}}, Mitsubishi i-MiEV family (~50,000), BYD Qin (45,275), BMW i3 (38,581), Renault Zoe (36,040), and the Ford Fusion Energi (26,742). Combines sales of the top 10 PEV models represent almost 50% of cumulative global PEV sales through November 2015)
132. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.hybridcars.com/tesla-model-s-was-worlds-best-selling-plug-in-car-in-2015/ |title=Tesla Model S Was World's Best-Selling Plug-in Car in 2015 |first=Jeff |last=Cobb |work=HybridCars.com |date=2016-01-12 |accessdate=2016-01-13}}
133. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.hybridcars.com/2014s-top-10-global-best-selling-plug-in-cars/10/ |title=2014's Top-10 Global Best-Selling Plug-in Cars |first=Jeff |last=Cobb |publisher=HybridCars.com |date=2015-02-11 |accessdate=2015-02-11}} A total of 31,655 units were sold worldwide in 2014. Global cumulative sales since June 2012 totaled 56,782 Model S cars by the end of 2014.
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137. ^{{cite news| url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-07/tesla-says-model-3-pre-orders-surge-to-325-000-in-first-week | title=Tesla Says It Received More Than 325,000 Model 3 Reservations |first=Dana |last=Hull |work=Bloomberg News | date=2016-04-07| accessdate=2016-04-07}}
138. ^{{cite news| url=http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Tesla-Model-3-reservations-near-198-000-7223394.php| title=Tesla Model 3 reservations top 232,000 |first=David R. |last=Baker | work=San Francisco Chronicle| date=2016-04-01| accessdate=2016-04-02}} Tesla Motors had sold 107,000 Model S cars by the end of 2015
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141. ^{{cite news |title=Tesla to Sell $1.4 Billion in Shares for Expanded Production | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-05-18/tesla-to-sell-1-4-billion-in-shares-for-expanded-production | first=Dana |last=Hull |work=Bloomberg News |date=2016-05-18 |accessdate=2016-05-18 }}
142. ^{{cite news | url=http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/business/2016/09/12/0503000000AEN20160912002500320.html | title=Hyundai's Ioniq EV sales top 1,000 units | work=Yonhap News Agency | date=2016-09-12 | accessdate=2016-09-22}}
143. ^¹{{cite press release | url=http://blog.alliance-renault-nissan.com/content/renault-nissan-alliance-hits-milestone-350000-electric-vehicles-sold-maintains-position-glob | title=Renault-Nissan Alliance hits milestone of 350,000 electric vehicles sold, maintains position as global EV leader | publisher=Renault-Nissan Alliance |location= Paris/Yokohama |date=2016-09-13 |accessdate=2016-09-13}} The Alliance has sold its 350,000th electric vehicle since December 2010, when the Nissan LEAF went on sale. The milestone was achieved in August 2016. The Alliance also set an industry record of 100,000 EVs sold in a single year.
144. ^{{cite press release | url=http://media.renault.com/global/en-gb/renault/Media/PressRelease.aspx?mediaid=81871&nodeid=product31554 | title=Renault hands over the key to its 100,000th electric vehicle | publisher=Groupe Renault | location=Oslo | date=2016-09-09| accessdate=2016-09-11}}
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146. ^¹{{cite web | url=https://cleantechnica.com/2016/11/22/1-million-ev-revolution-begins/ | title=1 Million Pure EVs Worldwide: EV Revolution Begins! |first= Zachary |last=Shahan |publisher=Clean Technica | date=2016-11-22| accessdate=2016-11-23}}
147. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.hybridcars.com/tesla-model-s-is-second-plug-in-car-to-cross-150000-sales-milestone/ | title=Tesla Model S Is Second Plug-in Car To Cross 150,000 Sales Milestone |first=Jeff |last=Cobb| work=HybridCars.com| date=2016-12-05| accessdate=2016-12-05}} The Volt/Ampera family of vehicles is the world's all-time third best selling plug-in electric car after the Nissan Leaf (240,000), and the Tesla Model S (over 150,000), with 130,500 vehicles sold globally through November 2016.
148. ^{{cite web| url=http://elbil.no/norway-now-has-100000-electric-cars/ | title=Norway now has 100,000 electric cars |first=Ståle |last=Frydenlund| publisher=Norsk Elbilforening (Norwegian Electric Vehicle Association) |date=2016-12-13 | accessdate=2016-12-13}}
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150. ^{{cite press release |url=http://newsroom.nissan-europe.com/eu/en-gb/media/pressreleases/426166621/new-nissan-electric-cafe-opens-in-paris-as-the-brand-celebrates-three-billion-ev-kilometres-worldwid | title=New Nissan Electric Café opens in Paris as the brand celebrates three billion EV kilometres worldwide | publisher=Nissan Newsroom Europe |location=Paris | date=2016-12-16| accessdate=2016-12-17}}
151. ^{{cite press release |url=http://nissannews.com/en-US/nissan/usa/channels/us-nissan-2017-ces/releases/press-kit-nissan-intelligent-mobility-at-ces | title=Nissan Intelligent Mobility at CES | publisher=Nissan USA |location=Las Vegas | date=2017-01-05 | accessdate=2017-01-07}}
152. ^{{ cite news |url= http://www.hybridcars.com/nissans-quarter-millionth-leaf-means-its-the-best-selling-plug-in-car-in-history/ |title= Nissan’s Quarter-Millionth Leaf Means It’s The Best-Selling Plug-in Car In History | first= Jeff | last=Cobb | work= HybridCars.com | date=2017-01-09 |accessdate=2017-01-10}} {{As of|2016|12}}, the Nissan Leaf is the world's best-selling plug-in car in history with more than 250,000 units delivered, followed by the Tesla Model S with over 158,000 sales through November 2016. These are the only plug-in electric cars so far with over 100,000 global sales.
153. ^¹²³⁴{{cite news|url= http://www.hybridcars.com/tesla-model-s-is-worlds-best-selling-plug-in-car-for-second-year-in-a-row/ |title=Tesla Model S Is World’s Best-Selling Plug-in Car For Second Year In A Row |first= Jeff |last=Cobb |work=HybridCars.com |date=2017-01-31 |accessdate=2017-02-04}} See also detailed 2016 sales and cumulative global sales in the two graphs.
154. ^{{cite news | url=https://cleantechnica.com/2017/02/04/tesla-model-s-clocked-as-worlds-best-selling-electric-car-in-2016/ |title=Tesla Model S & Nissan LEAF Clocked As World’s Best-Selling Electric Cars In 2016 |first=Zachary |last=Sharan | work= EV Volumes |publisher=CleanTechnica.com |date=2017-02-04 |accessdate=2017-02-04}}
155. ^{{ cite web|url= http://www.hybridcars.com/top-10-plug-in-vehicle-adopting-countries-of-2016/ |title=Top 10 Plug-in Vehicle Adopting Countries of 2016 |first= Jeff |last=Cobb |work= HybridCars.com |date=2017-01-17 |accessdate=2017-01-23}}
156. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.ofv.no/getfile.php/135201/Dokumenter/OFV%20Frokostm%C3%B8ter/2017.01.10%20Presentasjon%20OFV_frokostm%C3%B8tet%2010%20januar%202017.pdf |title=Bilåret 2016 – status og trender |language=Norwegian |trans-title= Car sales 2016 - status and trends |work=Norwegian Road Federation (OFV) |date=2017-01-10 |accessdate=2017-03-04}}
157. ^¹{{cite web |url=http://www.ofvas.no/aktuelt-1/bilsalget-i-januar-article669-385.html |title=Bilsalget i januar |language=Norwegian |trans-title=Car sales in January |work=Norwegian Road Federation (OFV) |date=February 2017 |accessdate=2017-02-09 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20170211082107/http://www.ofvas.no/aktuelt-1/bilsalget-i-januar-article669-385.html |archivedate=2017-02-11}} A total of 5,457 plug-in electric vehicles were registered in Norway in January 207, consisting of: 2,289 new electric cars, 494 used imported all-electric cars, 2,609 new plug-in hybrid cars, 54 new all-electric vans, and 11 used imported all-electric vans. Sales of new plug-in hybrids achieved a market share of 20.0%, all-electric cars 17.5% (excluding FCVs), conventional hybrids 13.9%, diesel cars excluding hybrids 23.9% and gasoline cars excluding hybrids 24.7%.
158. ^{{cite news |url= http://www.dinside.no/motor/bmw-foran-toyota/66931197 |title=Bilsalget i januar 2017 - BMW foran Toyota |language=Norwegian |trans-title=Car sales in January 2017 - BMW surpassed Toyota |first=Knut |last=Moberg | work=Dinside.no | date=2017-02-06 |accessdate=2017-02-09}}
159. ^{{cite web|last=Mirani |first=Leo |title=Norway’s electric-car incentives were so good they had to be stopped |url= https://qz.com/400277/norway-electric-car-incentives-were-so-good-they-had-to-be-stopped/ |website=Quartz |date=2015-05-07 |accessdate=2017-11-23}}
160. ^{{cite web|last=Brown |first=Bruce |title=How long will new electric car purchase incentive programs be needed? |url= http://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/norway-ev-incentives-extended/|website=Digital Trends |date=2016-11-09 |accessdate=2017-11-23}}
161. ^{{cite news|url= http://www.consumerreports.org/cars-which-car-brands-make-the-best-vehicles-2017/ |title=Which Car Brands Make the Best Vehicles? |first=Jeff S. |last=Bartlett |work=Consumer Reports |date=2017-02-28 |accessdate=2017-03-03}}
162. ^¹{{ cite news | url=http://www.hybridcars.com/tesla-quietly-sold-200000th-model-s-last-year/ |title=Tesla Quietly Sold 200,000th Model S Last Year | first= Jeff | last=Cobb | work= HybridCars.com | date=2018-01-22 |accessdate=2018-10-20}} "Tesla sold its 200,000 Model S in the fourth quarter of 2017, in October or early November, becoming the second plug-in car to cross this sales threshold after the Nissan Leaf (300,000 units by early 2017). {{As of|2017|12}}, Tesla reported global sales of 212,874 Model S cars."
163. ^{{cite press release|title=Nissan delivers 300,000th Nissan LEAF |url=https://newsroom.nissan-global.com/releases/release-4a75570239bf1983b1e6a41b7d00d8f5-nissan-delivers-300000th-nissan-leaf |publisher=Nissan |location=Yokohama |date=2018-01-08 |accessdate=2018-01-14}}
164. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.ofvas.no/bilsalget-i-september/category782.html |title=Bilsalget i september |language=Norwegian|trans-title=Car sales in September |author=Norwegian Road Federation (OFV)|publisher=OFV |date=October 2018 |accessdate=2018-10-24}} The market share of all-electric cars reached 45.3% and plug-in hybrids 14.9%, for a combined market share of the plug-in car segment of 60.2% of new car registrations in September 2018.
165. ^{{cite web|url=https://insideevs.com/norway-60-new-vehicle-sales-plug-in-cars/ |title=Plug-ins reach record market share in Norway | first=Mark | last=Kane | publisher=InsideEVs.com| date=2018-10-02| accessdate=2018-11-02}}
166. ^¹{{cite web|url=https://insideevs.com/10-norways-passenger-vehicles-plug-ins/ |title=10% Of Norway’s Passenger Vehicles Are Plug Ins | first=Mark | last=Kane | publisher=InsideEVs.com| date=2018-10-07| accessdate=2018-11-07}}
167. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.ofvas.no/bilsalget-i-2018/bilsalget-i-2018-article866-788.html |title=Bilsalget i 2018 |language=Norwegian|trans-title=Car sales in 2018 |author=Norwegian Road Federation (OFV) |publisher=OFV |date=2019-01-02 |accessdate=2019-02-06}}
168. ^¹{{cite web |url=https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1119793_finalist-for-green-car-reports-best-car-to-buy-2019-tesla-model-3 |title=Finalist for Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy 2019: Tesla Model 3 |work=Green Car Reports |first=Bengt |last=Halvorson |date=2018-11-08 |accessdate=2018-11-09}}
169. ^{{cite web |url=https://insideevs.com/tesla-model-3-sales-november-u-s-2018/ |title=Tesla Model 3 Sales Charge Way Past Milestone Of 100,000 In U.S. |first=Eric |last=Loveday |publisher=InsideEVs.com |date=2018-12-04 |accessdate=2018-12-04}}
170. ^{{cite web |url=https://insideevs.com/u-s-tesla-sales-december-2018-up/ |title=U.S. Tesla Sales In December 2018 Up By 249% |author=Mark Kane |work=Inside EVs |date=2019-01-03 |access-date=2019-01-09}}
171. ^{{cite web |url=https://insideevs.com/december-2018-u-s-ev-sales-recap/ |title=December 2018 U.S. EV Sales Recap: Over 360K Secured! |author=Steven Loveday |work=Inside EVs |date=2019-01-07 |access-date=2019-01-09}}
172. ^{{cite web|url=https://insideevs.com/us-plug-in-electric-car-sales-charted-december-2018/ |title=US Plug-In Electric Car Sales Charted: December 2018 | first=Mark | last=Kane | publisher=InsideEVs.com| date=2019-01-24 | accessdate=2019-01-24}} See Graph: "Top 10 U.S. Plug-in cars (cumulative sales)" and "U.S. Plug-in Car Sales (cumulative)"
173. ^{{cite web|url=https://insideevs.com/us-plug-in-electric-car-sales-charted-january-2019/ |title=US Plug-In Electric Car Sales Charted: January 2019 | first=Mark | last=Kane | publisher=InsideEVs.com| date=2019-02-04 | accessdate=2019-02-06}} See Graph: "Top 10 U.S. Plug-in cars (cumulative sales)" In January 209 the Tesla Model 3 (148,046) overtook the Model S (144,767). The Chevrolet Volt (152,819) continues as the all-time best selling plug-in car in the U.S.
174. ^¹{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/dec/25/electric-and-plug-in-hybrid-cars-3m-worldwide |title=Electric and plug-in hybrid cars whiz past 3m mark worldwide | first=Adam | last=Vaughan | work=The Guardian | date=2017-12-25 | accessdate=2018-01-20}} "The number of fully electric and plug-in hybrid cars on the world’s roads passed the 3 million mark in November 2017."
175. ^¹²³⁴{{cite web|url=http://ev-sales.blogspot.com/2019/01/global-top-20-december-2018.html| title=Global Top 20 - December 2018| last=Jose | first=Pontes | publisher=EVSales.com| date=2019-01-31 | accessdate=2019-01-31}} "Global sales totaled 2,018,247 plug-in passenger cars in 2018, with a BEV:PHEV ratio of 69:31, and a market share of 2.1%. The world's top selling plug-in car was the Tesla Model 3, and Tesla was the top selling manufacturer of plug-in passenger cars in 2018, followed by BYD."
176. ^{{cite web| url=https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/automotive-and-assembly/our-insights/the-global-electric-vehicle-market-is-amped-up-and-on-the-rise | title=The global electric-vehicle market is amped up and on the rise |first1=Patrick |last1=Hertzke |first2=Nicolai |last2=Müller |first3=Stephanie |last3= Schenk |first4=Ting |last4=Wu |work=McKinsey & Company | date=May 2018 | accessdate=2019-01-27}} See Exhibit 1: Global electric-vehicle sales, 2010-17.
177. ^{{cite news | url=https://qz.com/1533976/automakers-may-overproduce-14-million-electric-cars-by-2030/ |title=E-nough? Automakers may have completely overestimated how many people want electric cars | first=Michael J. | last=Coren | work=Quartz | date=2019-01-25 | accessdate=2019-01-25 |quote=The plug-in electric car segment represented just about 1 out of every 250 vehicles on the world's roads by the end of 2018 }} A rate of 1/250 translates into 0.40% of all vehicles on the world's roads.
178. ^Full Size Electric Vehicles
179. ^
180. ^Studebaker Electrics were available in a variety of body styles, many of which mimicked the bodies that it had long produced for its lucrative passenger carriage line. These included the Stanhope, Victoria, and Surrey. A four-passenger model was introduced in 1904.
181. ^Sold mainly to women and physicians.
182. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1082994_all-electric-corvette-coming-next-month-from-detroit-startup |title=All-Electric Sports Car Coming Next Month From Detroit Startup? |first=John |last=Voelcker |publisher=Green Car Reports|date=2013-03-19|accessdate=2013-03-19}}
183. ^The first modern (transistor-based) electric car and outfitted with modern hydraulic brakes.
184. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.wheels.ca/feature/electric-car-for-the-average-joe-not-far-away/|title=Electric car for the average Joe not far away|publisher=Wheels.ca|date=2012-09-14|accessdate=2014-08-09}}
185. ^Czech-built (first electric car prog. for eastern block mfr.), exported to Europe and N. America. Lead acid batt. 15 kW·h pack nominal; 84 V system with regen.
186. ^For lease only, all recovered from customers by General Motors and most destroyed
187. ^Fleet vehicle only. General Motors collected and destroyed most
188. ^First BEV from a major automaker without lead-acid batteries. 24 twelve volt NiMH batteries
189. ^Some leased and sold on US east and west coasts, supported. Toyota agreed to stop crushing.
190. ^Some sold, most leased; almost all recovered and most destroyed. Ford allowed reconditioning and sale of a limited quantity to former leaseholders by lottery.
191. ^Indian-built city car (sold in England as the "G-Wiz").
192. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report_govt-subsidy-may-rev-up-reva-sales_1520820|title=Govt subsidy may rev up Reva sales|publisher=Daily News & Analysis India |first=Praveena |last=Sharma |date=17 March 2011|accessdate=2011-03-31}}
193. ^|
194. ^Chinese built sedan and truck
195. ^Xebra Electric Sedan Reservation {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100103084709/http://zapworld.com/electric-vehicles/electric-cars/xebra-sedan |date=2010-01-03}}
196. ^650 scheduled for delivery in 2008, first one delivered 1 February 2008
197. ^Tesla Roadster ‘Signature One Hundred’ Series Sells Out {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411200354/http://www.megawattmotorworks.com/display.asp?dismode=article&artid=293 |date=11 April 2016 }}
198. ^Tesla to open five dealer outlets {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080316220043/http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6167658.html |date=16 March 2008 }}
199. ^[https://web.archive.org/web/20070715004824/http://www.teslamotors.com/performance/specs.php]
200. ^[https://web.archive.org/web/20070715004824/http://www.teslamotors.com/performance/specs.php]
201. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.hybridcars.com/global-10-best-selling-plug-in-cars-are-accelerating-forward/ | title=Global 10 Best-Selling Plug-In Cars Are Accelerating Forward | first=Jeff | last=Cobb| work=HybridCars.com| date=2016-08-10| accessdate=2016-08-14}} {{As of|2016|06}}, cumulative global sales of the top selling plug-in electric cars were led by the Nissan Leaf (over 228,000), followed by the Tesla Model S (129,393), BYD Qin (56,191), Renault Zoe (51,193), BMW i3 (around 49,500), Mitsubishi i-MiEV family (about 37,600) and BYD Tang (37,509).
202. ^{{cite news|url= http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2011/12/mitsubishi-delivers-its-first-i-electric-car/1 |title=Mitsubishi delivers its first 'i' electric car |first=Chris |last=Woodyard |work=USA Today |date=2011-12-08|accessdate=2011-12-10}}
203. ^{{cite press release|title=Nissan strengthens Formula E partnership with stake in e.dams |url=https://newsroom.nissan-europe.com/eu/en-gb/media/pressreleases/426233129/nissan-strengthens-formula-e-partnership-with-stake-in-edams |publisher=Nissan |location=Yokohama |date=2018-09-12 |accessdate=2018-10-24}}
204. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.hybridcars.com/chinas-byd-becomes-worlds-third-largest-plug-in-car-maker/ | title=China’s BYD Becomes World’s Third-Largest Plug-in Car Maker | first=Jeff | last=Cobb| work=HybridCars.com| date=2016-11-07 | accessdate=2016-11-11}}
205. ^{{cite web|url=https://group.renault.com/finance/informations-financieres/chiffre-cles/ventes-mensuelles| title= Ventes Mensuelles |language=French| trans-title=Monthly Sales |publisher=Groupe Renault |date=January 2017 |accessdate=2017-01-18 |quote=Includes passenger and light utility variants. Click on "(décembre 2016)" to download the file "XLSX - 239 Ko" for CYTD sales in 2016, and open the tab "Sales by Model". Click on "+ Voir plus" (See more) to download the files "Ventes mensuelles du groupe (décembre 2011) (xls, 183 Ko)" "Ventes mensuelles (décembre 2012) (xls, 289 Ko)" - Ventes mensuelles (décembre 2013) (xlsx, 227 Ko)" - "XLSX - 220 Ko Ventes mensuelles (décembre 2014)" - "Ventes mensuelles (décembre 2015)" to download the file "XLSX - 227 Ko" for 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 sales. Sales figures for 2013 were revised in the 2014 report}}
206. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.automobile-propre.com/dossiers/voitures-electriques/chiffres-vente-immatriculations-france/|title=Chiffres de vente & immatriculations de voitures électriques en France|trans-title=Sales figures & electric car registrations in France|author=Autoactu.com|publisher=Automobile Propre|accessdate=2016-08-14|language=French}} See "Ventes de voitures électriques en 2016/2015/2014/2013/2012/2011."
207. ^{{Cite web|url=http://insideevs.com/monthly-plug-in-sales-scorecard/|title=Monthly Plug-In Sales Scorecard|website=insideevs.com|access-date=2017-01-03}}
208. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.ford.com/cars/focus/trim/electric/ |title=2017 Focus Electric {{!}} View Focus Electric Highlights {{!}} Ford.com |website=www.ford.com |access-date=2017-01-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105061406/http://www.ford.com/cars/focus/trim/electric/ |archive-date=2017-01-05 |dead-url=yes}}
209. ^¹²{{Cite web|url=http://www.caranddriver.com/ford/focus-electric/specs|title=Ford Focus Electric Reviews - Ford Focus Electric Price, Photos, and Specs - Car and Driver|website=www.caranddriver.com|access-date=2017-01-03}}
210. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.autoblog.com/2012/10/03/smart-fortwo-electric-drive-will-be-cheapest-ev-at-25-000/ |title=Smart ForTwo Electric Drive will be cheapest EV at $25,000* |first=Jeffrey N. |last=Ross |publisher=Autoblog.com |date=2012-10-03|accessdate=2014-02-06}}
211. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ev-sales.blogspot.ca/2014/01/world-top-20-december-2013-special.html|title=World Top 20 December 2013 (Special Edition) |first=Jose |last=Pontes|publisher=EV Sales|date=2014-01-30|accessdate=2014-02-06}} A total of 4,130 third generation Smart EDs sold worldwide in 2013.
212. ^{{cite web|url=http://ev-sales.blogspot.com.br/2014/07/world-top-20-june-2014-special-edition.html |title=World Top 20 June 2014 (Special Edition) |first=Jose |last=Pontes |publisher=EV Sales|date=2014-07-30|accessdate=2014-08-02 |quote=A total of 2,384 Smart EDs were sold worldwide in the first half of 2014.}}
213. ^Tesla
214. ^
215. ^
216. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ev-sales.blogspot.ca/2014/01/europe-ecember-2013.html|title=Europe December 2013 |first=Jose |last=Pontes |publisher=EVSales.com|date=2014-01-26|accessdate=2014-05-10 |quote=A total of 1,465 e-ups! were sold in Europe 2013.}}
217. ^{{cite press release|url=http://www.newsroom.nissan-europe.com/uk/en-gb/Media/Media.aspx?mediaid=128587 |title=Nissan LEAF is the Best-Selling Electric Car in Europe For Fourth Year in a Row |publisher=Nissan GB |location=Rolle, Switzerland|date=2015-01-19|accessdate=2015-12-07}} A total of 5,365 e-ups! were sold in Europe in 2014..
218. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ev-sales.blogspot.ca/2015/11/europe-october-2015.html |title=Europe October 2015 |first=Jose |last=Pontes |publisher=EVSales.com|date=2015-11-27|accessdate=2015-12-05}}
219. ^{{cite web|url=http://insideevs.com/bmw-i3-range-extender-to-offer-up-to-87-more-miles-decreases-performance/|title=BMW i3 Range Extender To Offer Up to 87 More Miles, Decreases Performance |first=Jay |last=Cole |publisher=InsideEVs.com |date=2013-07-29|accessdate=2013-07-29}}
220. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/Find.do?action=sbs&id=35601|title=2015 Kia Soul Electric|publisher=Fueleconomy.gov |author=U. S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Energy|date=2014-09-12|accessdate=2014-09-12}}
221. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ev-sales.blogspot.ca/2015/01/europe-december-2014.html |title=Europe December 2014 |first=Jose |last=Pontes |publisher=EVSales.com|date=2015-01-31|accessdate=2015-12-05}}
222. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.hybridcars.com/why-europe-has-passed-the-us-as-number-one-in-plug-in-electrified-vehicles/ |title=Why Europe Has Passed the US As Number One In Plug-in Electrified Vehicles |first=Jeff |last=Cobb |work=HybridCars.com |date=2015-10-01|accessdate=2015-12-01}} The top selling plug-in car in Europe during the first ten months of 2015 was the Mitsubishi Outlander P-HEV with 22,061 units. During this period the VW GTE sold 11,691 units and the Volvo V60 PHEV sold 4,185 units. {{As of|2015|10}}, the Outlander P-HEV ranks as the all-time best selling PEV in Europe with over 50,000 units sold.
223. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.hybridcars.com/november-2015-dashboard/|title=November 2015 Dashboard|date=2015-12-02|work=HybridCars.com and Baum & Associates |first=Jeff |last=Cobb |accessdate=2015-12-08}}
224. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.hybridcars.com/december-2014-dashboard/|title=December 2014 Dashboard |first=Jeff |last=Cobb |work=HybridCars.com and Baum & Associates|date=2015-01-06|accessdate=2015-01-06}} See sections: "December 2014 Plug-in Hybrid Car Sales Numbers" and "December 2014 Battery Electric Car Sales Numbers"
225. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.greencarcongress.com/2014/02/20140215-egolf.html|title=Volkswagen launches the battery-electric e-Golf in Germany; "Das e-Auto"|author=VW Media Services|publisher=Green Car Congress|date=2014-02-15|accessdate=2014-02-16}}
226. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/Find.do?action=sbs&id=35247|title=2014 Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive|publisher=Fueleconomy.gov|author=U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Energy|date=2014-07-25|accessdate= 2014-07-26}}
227. ^{{cite web|url=http://chinaautoweb.com/2016/01/sales-ranking-of-china-made-pure-electric-cars-in-2015/ |title=Sales Ranking of China-made Pure-electric Cars in 2015 |work=China Auto Web|date=2016-01-14|accessdate=2016-02-27}}
228. ^¹²{{cite web |url=http://chinaautoweb.com/2017/01/best-selling-china-made-evs-in-2016/ |title=Best-selling China-made EVs in 2016 |work=China Auto Web |date=2017-01-19 |accessdate=2017-01-25}} Three BYD Auto models topped the Chinese ranking of best-selling new energy passenger cars in 2016. The BYD Tang SUV was the top selling plug-in electric car in China in 2016 with 31,405 units sold, followed by the BYD Qin with 21,868 units sold, and ranking third overall in 2016 was the BYD e6 with 20,605 units.
229. ^{{Cite web|url=http://gmauthority.com/blog/gm/chevrolet/chevrolet-bolt-ev/chevrolet-bolt-ev-sales-numbers/|title=Chevrolet Bolt EV Sales Numbers|website=GM Authority|access-date=2019-03-14}}
230. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.chevrolet.com/index/vehicles/2019/cars/bolt-ev/overview.html|title=2019 Bolt EV Electric Car: An Affordable All-Electric Car|website=Chevrolet|language=en|access-date=2019-03-14}}
231. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.chevrolet.com/index/vehicles/2019/cars/bolt-ev/overview.html|title=2019 Bolt EV Electric Car: An Affordable All-Electric Car|website=Chevrolet|language=en|access-date=2019-03-14}}
232. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.chevrolet.com/electric/bolt-ev-electric-car/build-and-price/features/trims/?section=Highlights§ion=Fuel%20Efficiency&styleOne=399469|title=Bolt EV for Sale: 2019 Bolt EV Pricing {{!}} Chevrolet|website=www.chevrolet.com|access-date=2019-03-14}}
233. ^Tesla
234. ^