Modern lithium-ion electric car (Nissan Leaf, Tesla Model S)
Coche eléctrico moderno de ion-litio (Nissan Leaf, Tesla Model S)
- Date
- 2010-2012 · confidence high
- Place
- Tesla, Fremont, California, United States; Nissan, Oppama, Yokosuka, Japan (Leaf, 2010)
- Credited to
- Tesla (Elon Musk, JB Straubel, Martin Eberhard); Nissan (Carlos Ghosn); the Tesla Roadster (2008) as a forerunner
- Field
- Movement
What it is
An electric saloon with a 400 km range, over-the-air updates and a Supercharger network, and an affordable, mass-produced electric compact car. Together they made the electric car desirable and practical.
What it led to
- The conversion of the car industry to electricity and the rise of BYD and China
- The future ban on combustion engines in the EU
- The car as a computer on wheels and autonomous driving
Built on
Made possible
- Self-driving car (VaMoRs, DARPA Grand Challenge, Waymo)1986-2018
- Pipistrel Velis Electro (first type-certified electric aeroplane)2020
- superchargers
- battery gigafactories