History of electric cars?

In 1900, steam technology was ahead. The advantages of steam-powered cars are high performance in terms of power and speed. But, the disadvantages of steam-powered cars held poor fuel economy and the demand to “fire up the boiler” before driving. Feedwater was a required input for the steam engine, hence could not tolerate the loss of freshwater. Later, Steam condensers were employed in the steam car to solve the feed water problem. But, by that time Gasoline cars had won the marketing battle.
 
Gasoline cars of the 1900s were noisy, dirty, smelly, cantankerous, and unstable. In contrast, electric cars were soft, quiet, clean, and fashionable. Ease of control was also a good feature. Lead-acid batteries were employed in 1900 and are still used in modern cars. Hence lead-acid batteries have a great history (since 1881) of use as a viable energy storage device. The golden age of Electrical vehicles listed from 1890 to 1924 with the peak production of electric vehicles in 1912. However, the range was restricted by energy storage in the battery. After every trip, the battery needed recharging. At the 1924 automobile show, no electric cars were on show. This announced the close of the Golden Age of electric-powered cars.
 
The range of a gasoline car was far better than that of either steam or an electric car and dominated the automobile market from 1924 to 1960. The gasoline car had one dominant feature; it used gasoline as fuel. The modern period starts with the oil embargoes and the gasoline shortages during the 1970s which created long lines at gas stations. Engineers realized that the good features of the gasoline engine could be combined with those of the electric motor to produce a superior car. A marriage of the two yields the hybrid automobile.