Hardly a modern invention, the electric car has a history tracing back all the way to the mid-1800s. Interest in technology has boomeranged over the years based on both consumer trends and ...

Before supercars, SUVs, and electric vehicles, there was one invention that changed the world forever,the automobile. In this ...

Considered by many today to be the first car ever invented, that title belies the experimentation of those who went before, including Frenchman Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot's steam-powered tricycle ...

The first true electric car is credited to a German inventor called Andreas Flocken whose 1888 EV called the Flocken Electrowagen had a top speed of 9 mph. However, ...

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- "I thought there should be a way to skip the charging process and just receive a fully charged battery for your electric vehicle," said an inventor, from ...

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- "I thought there should be a way for electric vehicle owners to use sunlight to supplement regular electric charges," said an inventor, from Chesterfield ...

Electric cars were once marketed as ‘women’s cars’. ... Windscreen wipers were invented by a woman in 1903 and eventually became standard, as shown in this 1955 General Motors ad. adsR / Alamy.