--- title: "Alex Roy History of electric vehicles." description: "1889 — 1891. William Morrison, from Des Moines, Iowa, creates the first successful electric vehicle in the U.S. His car is little more than an electrified wagon, but it sparks an interest in electric vehicles. This 1896 advertisement shows how many early electric vehicles were not much different than carriages." url: "https://motorwatt.com/community/stream/item/3297" date: "2026-05-17T01:36:44+00:00" language: "en-GB" --- Loading cover... Drag cover to reposition [ ![History of electric vehicles.](https://motorwatt.com/media/COMMUNITY/avatars/page/39/cc75b4355056d76f2b0293d687f1a7ae_square.jpg) ](https://motorwatt.com/javascript:void(0);) # [ History of electric vehicles.](https://motorwatt.com/community/community-pages/history-of-electric-vehicles "History of electric vehicles.") - [ General ](https://motorwatt.com/community/community-pages/categories/general-2) - [ Public ](https://motorwatt.com/javascript:void(0);) - [ 1 Like ](https://motorwatt.com/community/community-pages/history-of-electric-vehicles/followers) - [ 10615 ](https://motorwatt.com/javascript:void(0);) - [ Like Page](https://motorwatt.com/javascript:void(0);) [ ](https://motorwatt.com/javascript:void(0);) [Timeline](https://motorwatt.com/community/community-pages/history-of-electric-vehicles) [About](https://motorwatt.com/community/community-pages/history-of-electric-vehicles/info) [ Followers ](https://motorwatt.com/community/community-pages/history-of-electric-vehicles/followers) [ Albums ](https://motorwatt.com/community/community-pages/history-of-electric-vehicles/albums) [ Videos ](https://motorwatt.com/community/community-pages/history-of-electric-vehicles/videos) [ Events ](https://motorwatt.com/community/community-pages/history-of-electric-vehicles/events) [ Marketplace ](https://motorwatt.com/community/community-pages/history-of-electric-vehicles/marketplace) [ More ](https://motorwatt.com/javascript:void(0);)- [ Discussions ](https://motorwatt.com/community/community-pages/history-of-electric-vehicles/discussions "Discussions") - [ Feeds ](https://motorwatt.com/community/community-pages/history-of-electric-vehicles/feeds "Feeds") - [ Files ](https://motorwatt.com/community/community-pages/history-of-electric-vehicles/files "Files") - [ Announcements ](https://motorwatt.com/community/community-pages/history-of-electric-vehicles/announcements "Announcements") - [ Polls ](https://motorwatt.com/community/community-pages/history-of-electric-vehicles/polls "Polls") - [ ![Alex Roy](https://motorwatt.com/media/COMMUNITY/avatars/users/383/421fbbb6d7fb595cf898feb721e4dc2b_medium.jpg) ](https://motorwatt.com/community/alexroymotorwatt) [ Alex Roy](https://motorwatt.com/community/alexroymotorwatt "Alex Roy") [ History of electric vehicles.](https://motorwatt.com/community/community-pages/history-of-electric-vehicles "History of electric vehicles.") [7 months ago](https://motorwatt.com/community/stream/item/3297) Editing 1889 — 1891. William Morrison, from Des Moines, Iowa, creates the first successful electric vehicle in the U.S. His car is little more than an electrified wagon, but it sparks an interest in electric vehicles. This 1896 advertisement shows how many early electric vehicles were not much different than carriages. [ **![download](https://motorwatt.com/media/COMMUNITY/photos/276/786/download_large.jpg)** ](https://motorwatt.com/community/community-pages/history-of-electric-vehicles/photos/786-download "download") 0 0 0 0 0 0 [ ](https://motorwatt.com/javascript:void(0);) Comments (0) Post is under moderation Stream item published successfully. Item will now be visible on your stream. Unable to load tooltip content.