History of The Electric Vehicle - Select Historical Production Vehicles

Select Historical Production Vehicles

See also: Electric car use by country, list of modern production plug-in electric vehicles, and list of production battery electric vehicles

Selected list of battery electric vehicles include (in chronological order):

Name Production years Number produced Top Speed Cost Range mpg US
L/100 km
(City)		 mpg US
L/100 km
(Hwy)
Baker Electric 1899–1915 ? 14 mph
23 km/h		 US$2300 or €1,700 50 mi
80 km
Detroit Electric 1907–1939 <5,000 20 mph
32 km/h		 >US$3,000 or €2,250 depending on options 80 mi (130 km)
Henney Kilowatt 1958–1960 <100 60 mph
97 km/h		 ? ?
Škoda Favorit ELTRA 151L & 151 Pick-Up 1992–1994 <1,100, perhaps 20 surviving 50 mph
80 km/h (limiter)		 < US $20,000, without subsidy 50 mi
80 km
General Motors EV1 1996–2003 1,117 80 mph
129 km/h		 ~ US$40,000 or €30,000, without subsidies 160 mi
257 km
Chevrolet S10 EV 1997–1998 492 73 mph
118 km/h		 ~ US$40,000 or €30,000, without subsidies 90 mi
144 km
Honda EV Plus 1997–1999 ~300 80+ mph
130+ km/h		 US$455 or €340/month for 36 month lease; or $53,000 or €40,000 without subsidies 80–110 mi
130–180 km
Toyota RAV4 EV 1997–2002 1,249 78 mph
125 km/h		 US$40,000 or €30,000 without subsidies 87 mi
140 km		 125
1.88		 100
2.35
Ford Ranger EV 1998–2002 1,500, perhaps 200 surviving ~ US$50,000 or €37,600; subsidized down to $20,000 or €15,000 74 mi
119 km
TH!NK City 1999–2002 1005 56 mph
90 km/h		 53 mi
85 km		 106
1.59		 83
2.83
REVA 2001– 2,500 45 mph
72 km/h		 £8,000, US$15,000 or €11,900 50 mi
80 km
ZAP Xebra 2006–2009 700+ 40 mph
65 km/h		 $10,000 or €7,500 25 mi
40 km
Tesla Roadster 2008–2012 2,500 130 mph
210 km/h 		US$109,000 or €99,000 base price 220 mi
350 km		 less than 2 cents/mile off peak recharge
Nissan Leaf 2010– 40,000+ 93 mph
150 km/h		 US$35,200 base price 109 mi
175 km (New European Driving Cycle)
Tesla Model S 2012– 350+ 130 mph
210 km/h 		US$49,900 base price 300 mi
480 km		 89 Combined
2.64 Combined

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