When Cars Went Electric, Part 2 [Historical]

A major boost to electrical cars was provided by efficient dc electrical motors, which were primarily introduced by Zenobe Gramme (1826-1901) in France in 1873, and Plante's rechargeable lead acid battery, which was perfected into a successful product in the same country in 1881 by Camille Alphonse Faure (1840-1898). At the first Paris Exposition Internationale d'Electricite in 1881, the electrician Gustave Trouve (1839-1902) presented an electrical tricycle powered by this battery, while Charles Jean taud (1843-1906) built his first electric vehicle using a Gramme motor and similar battery.