Electric Car Production Ramps Up 60 years on from the short success of electric vehicles in the early 1900s , production began to ramp up towards the end of the century .
• General Motors in 1973 prototypes an urban electric car
• CitiCar produced 2,000 electric cars between 1974 and 1977 , ranging 50 to 60 miles
• General Motors released the EV1 - which quickly gained a following - in 1996
The Beginning of Tesla Founded three years prior , Tesla , in 2006 , announced its plans to produce a luxury electric sports car with a range of more than 200 miles .
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First Diesel Car Mercedes-Benz unveils the world ’ s first series-produced diesel passenger car - 260 D - at the International Automobile and Motorcycle Show in Berlin .
First Mass Production of a Hybrid Car Toyota Motor Corporation releases the first worldwide mass-produced hybrid car - the Prius .
First Commercially Available Plug-In Hybrid and Full Electric Car General Motors releases the Chevy Volt , the first commercially available plug-in Hybrid . They were followed by Nissan ’ s All- Electric , zero tailpipe emissions vehicle , the Nissan LEAF .
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