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Electromobility is associated with connections in traffic flow, greenhouse emissions, pollution control, and noise emissions, which resulted in an alternative for the urban settler in the case of mobility.

However, the unique selling concept of electric energy was clearly a disadvantage. It was generally presumed that progressing technologically and its sequential polarization in a specific direction provided the solution for such a problem.

The Journey of electromobility can be divided into two phases:

The first phase:

1851 Locomotive with an electric motor.

1860 Battery lead for vehicles.

1881 Automobile with an electric motor at 12Km/h.

1890 Automobile with an electric motor on wheels/ Porsche -Loner.

1900 Mobility in the USA.

38% Electric vehicles, 40% steam engines, and 22% Vehicles with Gasoline Engines.

The second phase:

1992-2005 Production vehicles with electric motor drive

1992-1996 VW-City Stromer (120 Vehicles); 1995-2005 PSA-Peugeot, Citroen (10,000Vehicles); 1996-1999 GM-EV1 (1100 Vehicles).

Mobility in the USA was mainly dominated by electric vehicles and steam engines after the introduction of electric locomotives in 1851 and batteries in 1860, but vehicles with combustion engines were also developed with the same intensity. In 1882, Germany was powered by electric vehicles running on stored energy. After a few years, standard cars with electric drives were already available in Germany.

But after a certain period, the internal combustion engine was successfully developed, the price of the oil was reduced, and the simple, efficient conversion that got used as a mobility fuel led to the temporary discontinuation of automobiles that were electrically powered due to their unsolved problem with minimal energy storage on board.

After the oil crisis in 1973 and 1979, the emphasis was more on alternative sources of energy. Iran’s agreement with Kuwait encouraged the industrialized countries to focus more on electromobility as a sustainable alternative.

The war between the two major exporters in the world led to the vulnerable fact that the world’s energy supply and energy market being involved acted as a trigger for the second phase in an electro-mobility market.

In France, most of the public authorities were allocated electric cars, but the acceptance was low, which was caused by a limited range of the public.

The third phase, which is currently going on, is triggered mainly to handle CO2 emissions in connection with the greenhouse effect. The development is mainly focused on electric motors and batteries because of the energy stored in them, and the focus is on converting energy into fuel cells.

Source:- Alternative Antriebe für Automobile by Cornel Stan