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RODI BASSO , CEO AT E1 SERIES
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ONE OF PARKER ' S ELECTRIC CARS , OUTSIDE HIS HOME
IN TETTENHALL , NEAR WOLVERHAMPTON . PARKER
IS IN THE MIDDLE .[ 5 ] PHOTO AROUND 1895 .
WHEN WAS THE FIRST
EVER ELECTRIC
CAR BUILT ?
1884
While the idea of an electric car originated in the office of a Hungarian inventor , Ányos Jedlik , in 1828 , it wasn ’ t until Thomas Parker built the first EV in London in 1884 that the idea was catapulted into the automotive industry . The idea made its way to the US where , around 1889 to 1891 , William Roberts developed a simple wagon that would utilise electric propulsion .
“ WHEN PEOPLE SAY THERE WILL BE LOSS OF JOBS BECAUSE OF THE ELECTRIFICATION INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION , I JUST LAUGH AT THEM ”
RODI BASSO , CEO AT E1 SERIES
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