With todays current economic situation, many money saving cars have hit the road, such as hybrids from Toyota and Honda. However, our society thinks that the hybrid and electric car are a recent advancement and invention when in fact there were actually m

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Hybrid and electric cars

Introduction

Several types of vehicles which use alternative sources of energy have already been developed . These are mainly aimed at controlling the levels of air pollution and to provide a cheaper means of technology especially with the increasing oil prices . With today 's current economic situation , many money saving cars have hit the road , such as hybrids from Toyota and Honda . However , our society thinks that the hybrid or electric car is a recent advancement , when in fact there

were actually more electrics than gas fueled cars on the road in the 1800s The aim of this research is to find out why the society is oblivious to this fact

The history of the electric car

The history of the electric vehicle started from the first successful attempt to store electrical energy made by Alessandro Volta in Italy in 1800 . The next event of major significance was in 1921 , when Michael Faraday demonstrated that wire rod carrying electric current supplied by a Volta pile would rotate around a fixed magnet of one end and was unconstrained by allowing it to hang in a bath of mercury . He also showed that the magnet would rotate around the wire if the fixed and moving elements were reversed . Furthermore , the direction of rotation was reversed if the polarity of the electric current was reversed . This was the principle of the electric motor . In 1832 , an electric motor was operated by having a bar...