Fourth resurgence - 2010 years The electric car is experiencing a new resurgence starting in 2010. While there are several reasons for this resurgence, the great motivation for this rebirth is, more than ever, the fight against global warming. The latter is accompanied by logical measures to reduce production
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Second resurgence - 1970s But the electric car (EV) has not completely disappeared. As California's smog finds its culprit, the thermal car, the battery manufacturer NUE (National Union Electric) and Eureka Williams, a household appliance company, propose to manufacture an EV in response to this nuisance, to
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Emergence of EVs - 1890s In the early days of the automobile, EVs were on an equal footing with combustion-powered vehicles. Unlike combustion-powered vehicles, EVs had a number of significant advantages. It was clean, discreet, silent, easy and pleasant to drive, and its acceleration was continuous and progressive. It
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