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An electric vehicle (EV) is a motorized vehicle propelled fully or mostly by electric power. EVs encompass road (electric cars, buses, trucks and personal transporters), rail vehicles (electric trains, trams and monorails), electric boats and submersibles, electric aircraft (both fixed-wing and multirotors) and electric spacecraft.
EVs came into existence in the late 19th century, when the Second Industrial Revolution brought forth electrification and mass utilization of electric motors. Electricity was among the preferred methods for powering early motor vehicles because it was quieter, provided comfort and ease of operation that could not be achieved by internal combustion cars of the time. However, range anxiety hindered mass adoption throughout the 20th century. Internal combustion engines (both gasoline and diesel engines) were the dominant propulsion mechanisms for cars and trucks for about 100 years, although electricity-powered locomotion became commonplace in other vehicle types, such as overhead line-powered mass transit vehicles, as well as special purpose vehicles such as mobility scooters.
Since the late 20th century, technological advancement in lithium batteries, which offer superior energy density and current output versus lead-acid batteries, has revived public interest as zero-emission vehicle options. Manufacturers mostly switched to hybrids that use internal combustion engines like conventional vehicles, but add electric motors as a supplement, powered by electricity produced internally by motor-generators and recovered from regenerative braking. Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, which can be recharged from an electric grid and use electric motors as the primary propulsion rather than as a supplement to combustion engines, did not see any mass production until the late 2000s, and battery electric cars did not become practical options for the consumer market until the 2010s.
Technological progresses in electric vehicle batteries, electric traction motors and automotive electronics (particularly electronic control units) has made electric cars more feasible and, in some cases, more cost efficient than conventional ICE vehicles during the 21st century, with market penetration in some countries like China reaching nearly half of all new vehicles sold. As a means of reducing tailpipe emissions of greenhouse gases and other air pollutants, and to reduce the dependency on fossil fuels, government incentives are also available in many areas to promote the adoption of electric cars. China is the world's leading EV producer, accounting for more than 70% of global production and 67% of global sales of electric vehicles in 2024.
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EVs came into existence in the late 19th century, when the Second Industrial Revolution brought forth electrification and mass utilization of electric motors. Electricity was among the preferred methods for powering early motor vehicles because it was quieter, provided comfort and ease of operation that could not be achieved by internal combustion cars of the time. However, range anxiety hindered mass adoption throughout the 20th century. Internal combustion engines (both gasoline and diesel engines) were the dominant propulsion mechanisms for cars and trucks for about 100 years, although electricity-powered locomotion became commonplace in other vehicle types, such as overhead line-powered mass transit vehicles, as well as special purpose vehicles such as mobility scooters.
Since the late 20th century, technological advancement in lithium batteries, which offer superior energy density and current output versus lead-acid batteries, has revived public interest as zero-emission vehicle options. Manufacturers mostly switched to hybrids that use internal combustion engines like conventional vehicles, but add electric motors as a supplement, powered by electricity produced internally by motor-generators and recovered from regenerative braking. Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, which can be recharged from an electric grid and use electric motors as the primary propulsion rather than as a supplement to combustion engines, did not see any mass production until the late 2000s, and battery electric cars did not become practical options for the consumer market until the 2010s.
Technological progresses in electric vehicle batteries, electric traction motors and automotive electronics (particularly electronic control units) has made electric cars more feasible and, in some cases, more cost efficient than conventional ICE vehicles during the 21st century, with market penetration in some countries like China reaching nearly half of all new vehicles sold. As a means of reducing tailpipe emissions of greenhouse gases and other air pollutants, and to reduce the dependency on fossil fuels, government incentives are also available in many areas to promote the adoption of electric cars. China is the world's leading EV producer, accounting for more than 70% of global production and 67% of global sales of electric vehicles in 2024.
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