IEEJ Transactions on Industry Applications
Online ISSN : 1348-8163
Print ISSN : 0913-6339
ISSN-L : 0913-6339
Technical Note
Which Is the First Electric Vehicle?
Masayuki Morimoto
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2013 Volume 133 Issue 1 Pages 105-110

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The world's first electric vehicle is discussed. It is said that the first experiment on an electric vehicle was performed in the mid of 1830s, just after the discovery of Faraday's law. Therefore, this era is called the age of invention of the application of electric motor, with one of applications being an electric vehicle. There are numerous theories, rumors and opinions about the first electric vehicle. Here, the author will clarify as to which experiment should be called as the first experiment on the electric vehicle.
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© 2013 by the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan
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