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[[File:Ec-a08d138d079b6f78724f756f53dbb11b.jpg|thumbnail|left|300px250px|Figure 1. An electric car from 1896.]]__NOTOC__
Electric cars are among the fastest-growing type of vehicles in terms of sales in several Western countries. Many consumers still know little about electric cars, and most people see them as a relatively new type of vehicle that has some ways to go before they become common. However, electric cars' history goes back to the 19th century, as people began to experiment with electricity and mobility.
==Later Developments==
[[File:1280px-1925 Ford Model T touring (1).jpg|thumbnail|left|300px250px|Figure 2. Arguably the Model T led to the collapse of the electric car and research into car batteries.]]
What also gave early electric vehicles an advantage over gasoline cars throughout the 1890s and into the early 1900s was that despite improvements of the internal combustible engine that happened throughout the mid to late 1800s, gasoline cars were seen as 'dirty.' They were also noisy, and changing gears was not made much easier in cars during that era.
