- Below is the list for all the Top automaker’s first electric vehicles :
Cadillac Lyriq Electric Vehicles:
Even though Cadillac does not now have any Electric Vehicles in production, in five years they will probably make up half of the lineup for the GM luxury brand.
The Lyriq, which was scheduled to go on sale in 2022. GM will use the BEV3 platform, which will also be used for upcoming Cadillacs, Buicks, and Chevrolets, for the first time in this car.
Chevrolet S-10 Electric Vehicles:
The S-10 EV was derived from the second-generation Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck.
To some extent predating a similar variety of the Ford Ranger, the S-10 EV had front wheels driving electric motors. It was introduced for the EV models of 1997, again little updated for 1998, and then obsolete after very few models had been sold.
Citroen AX Electrique, Electric Vehicles:
In December 1993, Citroen AX Electrique come into production, after experimenting with electric vehicle versions of the Visa-based C15 and larger C25 panel vans.
Moreover, just after producing only 374 vehicles, production ended in 1996. The next model Saxo replaced the car from the market. Citroen also introduced the Berlingo Electrique van in 1997.
Dacia Spring Electric Vehicles:
Renault subsidiary Dacia’s first Electric Vehicle was the spring, introduced in 2021. It is a small hatchback car like the Renault KWID budget car and the electric Renault City K-ZE.
While most Dacia’s are mass-produced in Romania, the Spring is built in China, like the City K-ZE. Currently, it is not on sale in the UK.
Fiat Panda Elettra:
To produce an electric version of the first-generation panda, Fiat collaborated with the Austrian company Steyr-Puch. As this was designed mainly for urban use, its top speed was only 43mph.
The Panda Elettra was manufactured from 1990 to 1998. From 1992 to 1996, Fiat sold Cinquecento Elettra in commitment to electric vehicle display.
Ford Ranger EV:
Similar to the Chevrolet S-10, the Ford Ranger electric vehicle was a pickup truck. And the basic difference between the two was that Ford’s electric motor and driven wheels were at the rear rather than the front.
In the year 1998, Ford started the production of the Ranger EV and produces around 1500 electric vehicles until 2001.
General Motors EV1:
The first electric vehicle designed and manufactured by General Motors was EV1. This electric vehicle was produced from 1996 to 1999 and was offered to customers on a lease basis only.
Latter all the vehicles were recalled and scrapped.
Honda EV Plus:
In 1998, Honda started very serious research to produce its electric vehicles, and after research for nine years, the EV Plus was launched. The EV Plus was a small hatchback car with a top speed of around 80mph.
Honda stopped its production in 1999, after producing around 300 vehicles, and introduced its first generation petrol-electric hybrid insight.
Hummer EV Pickup:
The first electric vehicle by Hummer will be the Hummer EV Pickup with a maximum power output of 1000bhp. Hummer has re-established as a sub-brand within GMC, and there is no plan ever again to build anything with internal combustion engines.
Hyundai BlueOn:
In the year 2009, at the Frankfurt show, the electrified version of the Hyundai i10 city car, BlueOn was revealed.
Hyundai’s first electric model was never sold to the public and was only supplied to several South Korean government agencies.
Jaguar I-Pace:
Jaguar’s first, and so far only, electric vehicle, is I-PACE. However, in 2021, Jaguar assured and gave a commitment in public to making nothing but Electric Vehicles from 2025. The I-PACE is a high-performance electric crossover and won the two most prestigious awards, the 2019 World and European Car of the Year awards.
Kia Soul EV:
In the year 2014, Kia produced a compact crossover with the name Kia Soul EV. Moreover, the second-generation version came to public in the year 2018, in the Los Angeles Show.
This Korean company has also transformed the larger Niro into an electric vehicle. In the year 2021, its first model EV6 was designed to be the purely electric version.
Mercedes Electrique:
In the year 1906, Mercedes introduced its first battery-powered electric vehicle Mercedes Electrique and the hybrid Mixte. There were several forms of Electrique including a passenger car for Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria and a truck for the Berlin fire brigade.
MINI E:
In the year 2009, the MINI E was developed and produced as the MINI hatchback. A very extensive field-testing campaign was conducted in US, UK and Germany in the first phase and later in the next phase, the testing was conducted in France, Japan, and China.
However, the first MINI Electric available for the public was MINI Electric and MINI Cooper SE.
Nissan Tama:
Nissan Tama was the first electric vehicle launched in 1947 by the Tokyo Electro Automobile Company. This vehicle was considerably smaller than today’s Nissan Micra, and the top speed of Tama was 22mph with a range of 40 miles.
Later on, Tokyo Electro Automobile company became Prince and was then merged with Nissan in 1966.
Opel Elektro GT:
The Opel Elektro GT sports car was the first off-version electric car from Opel. This EV was giving an output power of 160bhp developed by two electric motors. This was a modified version with aerodynamic improvements, low-resistance tyres and stronger suspension springs. As due to onboard batteries, the car becomes 1700 kg in weight, which was approximately two standard GTs, so a heavy and stronger suspension spring system was very necessary.
In May 1971, the Elektro GT set a total number of six world records for the speed of electric cars over two days at Hockenheim.
Peugeot VLV:
The Peugeot VLV was a light-town electric vehicle. It was a two-seater car and was introduced during the Second World War. The production of Peugeot VLV was started in June 141 at Paris and ended in February 1943 just after producing 373 units only.
Polestar 2:
Polestar was a racing car under the racing team Cyan Racing and was developed under Volvo production cars.The first Volvo electric car was a petrol electric hybrid car and was launched in the year 2017.
Its second version all electric vehicle polestar 2 was launched in 2020 and was build in China.
The coming version Polestar 3 electric SUV will be manufactured in south Carolina, USA.
Porsche P1:
Porche’s first electric vehicle was launched in 1898 with the name Egger-Lohner electric vehicle, C.2 Phantom model. After many decades, in 2014, it was again recovered and placed in Porsche Museum.
Renault Celtaquatre:
Until the year 2011, Renault never manufactured electric vehicles for public, but from 1937, there is a history for Renault as an Electric vehicle manufacturer.
During an event of world fair Renault built 35 taxis on the chassis of its 1.4 litre petrol engine Celtaquatre family car by replacing the petrol engine through electric motors.
Skoda EV truck:
In the year 1930, Skoda manufactured its first electric vehicle an electric truck. The truck had a cargo load of up to 03(Three) tonnes and an aerodynamic front.
In 1990s, skoda manufactured its first battery powered passenger electric car named Eletra151.
Smart fortwo ed:
In the year 2007, the subsidiary of Daimler created its first EV. A total number of 100 vehicles were made available for field testing in London and were used by the Metropolitan Police.
Tesla Roadster:
Tesla is the manufacturer sole electric cars, they never built any other cars. Roadster was the Tesla’s debut model manufactured from 2008 to 2012 and this was based on the series 2Lotus Elise.
Toyota RAV4 EV:
Toyota is more concentrated on hybrids and hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles rather than battery electric cars. However, Toyota produces electrified versions of its first and second-generation RAV4 SUV. From 1997 to 2002, a total number of 1484 units were sold or leased in the US.
Vauxhall Ampera:
The Ampera was rebadged of the first generation Chevrolet Volt. This version was also sold in continental Europe with the name Opel Ampera.
Volkswagen Elektro-Transporter:
In the year 1972, Volkswagen manufactured and launched its second-generation Transporter with the name Electro Bus or Elektro-Transporter.
The top speed of this vehicle was 43 mph and was able to achieve this in 30 seconds.
The range of this vehicle was only 25 miles, and over a period of years it manufactured 120 units.
Volvo C30 Electric:
In a press release of 2020, Volvo described its first electric vehicle namely XC40Recharge Pure Electric. This variant was the improved version of the C30 hatchback Electric.
The C30 electric was in the market from 2011 to 2013.
Conclusion:
The fossil fuel is depleting gradually and also the use of these fuel in a huge amount is a threat for the environment. The increasing number of vehicles globally is releasing large amount of toxic gasses in the environment and this is one of the major cause of global warming.
In this view every automakers are working to develop an alternative fuel vehicles. In this regard the major automakers had already done many researches and even produced many good results. Almost every major vehicle manufacturers have produced their electric vehicles or hybrid vehicles. some has given a very good result and their vehicles are already running on the road.
