Information About the First Electric Vehicle

Since the 1900s, electric cars have been tried to be popularized with mass production. However, these attempts were shelved each time for different reasons. Tesla Motors first launched the "Roadster" model in 2008. This model had a lithium-ion battery and was highly demanded by users. As a result of this demand, it has also pioneered other large automobile companies in production and now almost all brands have electric vehicles (EV). However, it should be known that Tesla did not make the first invention of electric vehicles.

The first inventors of electric vehicles were electrochemical engineer Pedro Salom and mechanical engineer Henry Morris. Towards the end of the 19th century, public transportation in Philadelphia was done by horses. As an alternative to these, battery-powered trams began to be developed. Salom and Morris, who played an active role in this project, were inspired by the idea of ​​the battery-powered tram and would bring the idea of ​​electric vehicles to life in the future.

These two, who started working in 1894, managed to present the prototype of their first electric vehicle to the public in about two months. On August 31, 1894, they received the patent for the vehicle. The first electric vehicle was rather bulky and had a lead-acid battery weighing around 725 kg. Safety measures were taken to avoid problems in the first test drive and a test drive was carried out on Broad Street in Philadelphia. The test drive was much more successful than expected and increased the interest in electric vehicles at that time. It was then that the foundations of current electric vehicles were laid.

    

The name of the first electric vehicle is known as "Electrobat". Steel tires were used to support the heavy battery in the prototype model. This situation caused the vehicle weight to increase too much (vehicle weight is 1927 kg). In the future, this tool has been made much more useful by making improvements. In 1895, the first electric car manufacturing company was established under the name "Morris and Salom Electric Wagon and Carriage Company" and mass production of Electrobat began. Air tires were added to the vehicles and they could travel 40 km at an average speed of 32 km / h with a fully charged battery.

Electric vehicles, which went quite well until the beginning of the 20th century, started to lag behind the rapid progress of internal combustion engine technology. The fact that vehicles using petrol are produced both faster and at less cost has brought electric vehicle production to the point of completion. However, things have now turned upside down. Extraordinary price increases in energy resources have again increased the demand for electric vehicles. With the developing technologies, electric vehicles have started to become a huge market on a global scale again.

Electric vehicles are of great importance for a sustainable life in the world.