Electric vehicles introduced in the 19th century

This is a chronological list of battery-electric road vehicles introduced in the 19th century. It includes documented experimental vehicles, prototypes and commercially produced cars, cabs, vans and trucks. Small-scale demonstrators are listed separately because they were important to the development of electric propulsion but were not road-going vehicles.

The dates record the earliest documented completion, public demonstration or commercial introduction of the vehicle—not the incorporation date of a company. For consistency with Wikipedia's existing vehicle-introduction categories, this list ends with 1899; vehicles introduced in 1900 are placed in Electric vehicles introduced in the 20th century. The list excludes rail vehicles, trolleybuses and other vehicles powered continuously from an external supply, as well as hybrids and companies for which no completed electric road vehicle is documented. Because surviving records are incomplete and sometimes contradictory, especially before 1890, this list may never be complete.

Experimental and model vehicles

Introduced Vehicle Manufacturer or designer Wikipedia article or external reference 1828 Jedlik electric vehicle model Ányos Jedlik Ányos Jedlik Anderson electric carriage Robert Anderson Robert Anderson (inventor) 1835 Stratingh–Becker electric cart Sibrandus Stratingh and Christopher Becker

Road-going vehicles

Introduced Vehicle Manufacturer or designer Wikipedia article or external reference 1881 Trouvé electric tricycle Gustave Trouvé Gustave Trouvé 1881 Jeantaud electric Tilbury Charles Jeantaud 1882 Ayrton and Perry electric tricycle William Edward Ayrton and John Perry Parker electric car Thomas Parker / Elwell-Parker Thomas Parker (inventor) 1887 Volk electric tricycle Magnus Volk Magnus Volk 1888 Flocken Elektrowagen Maschinenfabrik A. Flocken / Andreas Flocken Flocken Elektrowagen 1888 Immisch electric dogcart Immisch & Company 1888 Kimball electric tricycle Fred M. Kimball 1889 Slattery electric tricycle M. M. Slattery / Fort Wayne Jenney Electric Light Company 1890 Morrison electric carriage William Morrison / Shaver Carriage Company 1891 Riker electric tricycle Andrew L. Riker Riker Electric Vehicle Company 1892 Aspinwall electric tricycle Louis M. Aspinwall 1892 Keller–Degenhardt electric tricycle and perambulator Henry G. Degenhardt and William R. Keller / Columbia Perambulator Company 1892 Siemens electric fire engine Siemens Brothers 1893 Dickson–Still electric carriage Dickson Carriage Works / William Joseph Still 1893 Ward electric cab and bus prototypes Ward Electrical Car Company / Radcliffe Ward and Walter Bersey 1894 Electrobat Henry G. Morris and Pedro G. Salom Electrobat 1894 Garrard & Blumfield electric carriage Garrard & Blumfield / Taylor, Cooper & Bednell Garrard & Blumfield 1894 Kriéger electric Victoria Louis Antoine Kriéger / Fulmen Kriéger Company of Electric Vehicles 1894 De Dion-Bouton electric tractor unit De Dion-Bouton De Dion-Bouton 1895 Arnold electric prototype Bion J. Arnold 1895 Barrows Electric Auto-Buggy C. H. Barrows Electric Vehicle Company 1895 Bogard electric dogcart Bogard 1895 Carpenter electric runabout Hiram H. Carpenter 1895 Dey–Griswold electric-hydraulic phaeton Dey–Griswold & Company 1895 Edison electric tricycle Thomas Edison and staff Thomas Edison 1895 Holtzer–Cabot electric break Holtzer–Cabot Electric Company / Chauncey Thomas & Company 1895 Perry Lewis electric wagon J. D. Perry Lewis 1895 Petter electric car J. B. Petter & Sons 1896 American Electric Mail Phaeton American Electric Vehicle Company / C. E. Woods Company American Electric (1899 automobile) 1896 Barrett–Perret electric prototype Elektron Manufacturing Company / John Barrett and Frank A. Perret 1896 Bersey Electric Cab Electrical Vehicle Syndicate / London Electrical Cab Company Bersey Electric Cab 1896 Britannia electric carriage Britannia Electric Carriage Syndicate 1896 Columbia Mk I electric prototype Pope Manufacturing Company Columbia (automobile brand) 1896 Electric Construction Company dogcart Electric Construction Company / Thomas Hugh Parker 1896 Electric Carriage & Wagon Company hansom cab Electric Carriage & Wagon Company / Morris and Salom Electric Vehicle Company 1896 Electric Motive Power carriage conversion Electric Motive Power Company Electric Motive Power 1896 Gladiator electric carriage Gladiator Cycle Company 1896 Packard electric tricycle Lucius B. Packard 1896 Thrupp & Maberly electric Victoria Thrupp & Maberly Thrupp & Maberly 1897 Anthony electric runabout Earle C. Anthony 1897 Blimline electric runabout Sebastian Blimline 1897 Bushbury Electric dogcart Wearwell Motor Carriage Company / Electrical Construction Company Bushbury Electric 1897 Cleveland/Sperry electric car Elmer A. Sperry / Sperry Engineering Company 1897 Eastman Electro Cycle Eastman Automobile Company / Hector J. Hayes 1897 Elieson “Swan” electric quadricycle Elieson Lamina Accumulator Syndicate 1897 General Electric Thomson–Lemp wagonette General Electric / Elihu Thomson and James Lemp General Electric 1897 Headland electric vehicles Headland Patent Electric Storage Battery Company / James T. Robson 1897 Jenatzy electric dos-à-dos Jenatzy–Martini / Camille Jenatzy Camille Jenatzy 1897 Woods electric car Fischer Equipment Company / Clinton E. Woods Woods Motor Vehicle 1898 Bouhey electric car Société des Usines Bouhey 1898 CFVE electric cab Compagnie française des voitures électromobiles 1898 Doré electric cab Société G. Doré 1898 Eaton electric delivery wagon Eaton Electric Motor Carriage Company / Howard F. Eaton 1898 Egger-Lohner C.2 Phaeton Egger-Lohner / Ferdinand Porsche Egger-Lohner C.2 Phaeton 1898 Fischer electric delivery wagon Fischer Equipment Company 1898 Fourgon Électrique fire engine Paris Fire Brigade 1898 General Electric Automobile Company vehicles General Electric Automobile Company 1898 International electric trucks Société des Transports Automobiles 1898 Kuhlstein electric car Kuhlstein Wagenbau 1898 Madelvic electric brougham Madelvic Motor Carriage Company / William Peck Madelvic Motor Carriage Company 1898 Mildé electric vehicles Mildé & Company / Charles Mildé 1898 Oppermann electric car Carl Oppermann Oppermann Automobiles 1898 Warner electric runabout Lewis E. Warner 1898 Waverley electric car Indiana Bicycle Company Pope-Waverley 1899 Aluminum electric car Aluminum Motor Vehicle Company 1899 Amesbury electric prototype Amesbury Automobile Company / C. J. Bagley 1899 Averley electric car G. Averley 1899 Bailey electric prototype S. R. Bailey & Company / Walter Baird 1899 Baker electric prototype Baker Electric Car Company / Walter C. Baker Baker Motor Vehicle 1899 Barnes electric runabout Barnes Cycle Company / William Van Wagoner 1899 BGS electric trap Société de la voiture BGS Bouquet, Garcin & Schivre 1899 Binney & Burnham electric car Binney & Burnham 1899 Cambier electric dogcart Cambier & Company 1899 Champion electric delivery truck McCrea Motor Truck Company 1899 Chapman “Sulky Electromobile” William H. Chapman / Belknap Motor Company 1899 Clift electric Victoria Sinclair Motor Works / Frederick Clift 1899 Collins electric vehicle Collins Electric Vehicle Company / Patrick J. Collins 1899 Electra electric car H. Krugen 1899 Electrical Undertakings electric tonneau Electrical Undertakings Limited 1899 Fiedler electric car Berliner Elektromobil- und Accumulatoren-Gesellschaft 1899 Foster electric cars Foster & Company 1899 Hautier electric car Société Hautier 1899 Helvetia electric car Compagnie des Voitures Electriques Helvetia 1899 Henschel electric car and cab Berliner Maschinenfabrik Henschel & Company 1899 Hub electric break Hub Motor Transit Company / Fred Newman and Josef Ledwinka 1899 La Jamais Contente Compagnie Internationale des Transports Automobiles Électriques / Camille Jenatzy La Jamais Contente 1899 Keating Delivery Auto Keating Wheel & Automobile Company 1899 Kennedy electric runabout Electric Power Development Company / Charles W. Kennedy 1899 Kensington electric runabout Kensington Automobile Manufacturing Company 1899 Monnard electric dogcart Monnard Monnard 1899 Quinby electric carriage J. M. Quinby & Company / Henry Leitner Quinby (automobile) 1899 Scheele electric car Kölner Elektromobile-Gesellschaft 1899 Schuckert electric car Elektrizitäts-Aktiengesellschaft vormals Schuckert & Company 1899 Syracuse/Van Wagoner electric runabout Syracuse Automobile Company / William Van Wagoner 1899 Turinelli & Pezza electric car Turinelli & Pezza Turinelli & Pezza 1899 US Automobile electric car United States Automobile Company US Automobile 1899 Vedovelli–Priestley electric tricycle and cab Société Vedovelli Priestley et Cie 1899 Vulkan electric car Vulkan Automobilgesellschaft

Exclusions and classification notes

Armstrong Electric is excluded because its petrol engine drove a dynamo that supplied an electric traction system; it was a gasoline–electric hybrid rather than a battery-only electric vehicle. History of the electric vehicle is an overview article, not a vehicle. A company incorporation or a proposal to manufacture electric vehicles is not sufficient for inclusion. A completed prototype, public demonstration or production vehicle must be documented. The Lohner-Porsche mixed petrol–electric vehicles are excluded as hybrids; the battery-electric Egger-Lohner C.2 Phaeton is included. Vehicles drawing power continuously from overhead wires or rails are outside the scope of this road-vehicle list.

See also

:Category:Electric vehicles introduced in the 19th century :Category:Electric vehicles introduced in the 20th century History of the electric vehicle List of production battery electric vehicles Electric vehicles introduced in the 20th century

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