Early electric vehicles thrived through the end of the 19th century, and into the 1910s and 1920s. One, La Jamais Contente, even briefly held the title of fastest car in the world in 1899.

To make the electric car viable, manufacturers need to create better batteries. But the road to creating a better, long-lasting battery has not been easy. Science writer Seth Fletcher explains why ...

And then there’s Studebaker, which had built wagons and carriages in the 19th century but entered the 20th as an electric-car manufacturer. That’s Thomas Edison aboard his own 1902 Studebaker ...

The 19th century marked the inception of vehicles equipped with batteries and ... However, until they officially hit the market, there's one battery type that's best for an electric vehicle ...

What does electric vehicle ... The HEV automatically charges the battery while moving and braking and ... Near the end of the 19th century, the Baker Electric Coupe and Riker Electric Roadster ...

Electric vehicles are obviously different from gas-powered cars, but do they have engines? We explore how EV motors and drivetrains work.

New York City had a horse problem in the last 19th-century. Its streets and alleyways were jammed with an estimated 150,000 of the animals—each one producing more than 35 pounds of waste every day.

In the 19th century, major cities faced their own emissions problem: ... A battery electric vehicle would emit 39 tons over that same distance. And within 19,000 miles, ...

They also provided Volta with ideas for his battery, turning him into a 19th-century celebrity. Two centuries on, and batteries are everyday objects. But even now, the electric eel isn’t done ...

Pioneering researchers, scientists and entrepreneurs have been working on the dream of electrified flight since the latter part of the 19th century when heavy lead-acid batteries were loaded onto ...