the world saw this car in 1893 at an exhibition in chicago and in 1912 two companions of henry forte thomas edison conceived to fill the entire market with high-quality and inexpensive electric machines according to historians studying the biography of the creators, friends, in the strictest secrecy. worked in laboratories, however, there are rumors about the development. yet dispersed and ford. i had to give an interview. the new york times, in which he said that ford cars with new batteries under the edison brand are being prepared for release. however , the plan was not condemned to come true, the fire destroyed the edison laboratory with all the documentation, and henry ford began to produce cars. with a gasoline engine this story was the end of the first stage of the development of electric cars until the nineties of the last century it was then that the price of oil began to rise. in addition, scientists began to worry about the world ecology and, of course , they started talking about electric cars when a car of a well-known american company appeared on the market and presented it in 2006.