See also : List of production battery electric vehicles
Selected list of battery electric vehicles include (in chronological order):
| Name | Comments | Production years | Number produced (less than or estimate) | Top Speed (mph or km/h) | Cost | Range (m or km) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker Electric | The first electric car. Reputedly easy to drive. | 1899-1915 | 5000 | 14 miles per hour (23 km/h) | US $2 300 | 50 miles (80 km) |
| Detroit Electric | Sold mainly to women and physicians. | 1907-1939 | 5000 | 20 miles per hour (32 km/h) | >US $3 000 depending on options | 80 miles (129 km) |
| Henney Kilowatt | The first transistor-based electric car; outfitted with modern hydraulic brakes. | 1958–1960 | 50 | 60 miles per hour (97 km/h) | US $3,600 (1960 model) | over 60 miles |
| Peugeot 106 électrique | Built by Heuliez and also sold under the name Citroën Saxo. Mainly sold to French administration. Nickel-cadmium battery powered.[1] · [2] | 1995-2003 | 6400 | 90 kilometres per hour (56 mph) | 100 kilometres (62 mi) | |
| General Motors EV1 | For lease only, all recovered from customers by GM, most destroyed. | 1996-2003 | 2000 | 80 miles per hour (129 km/h) | ~ US $40 000 without subsidies | 150 miles (240 km), (Gen II 1999, NiMH) |
| Honda EV Plus | First BEV from a major automaker without lead acid batteries. Twenty-four 12-volt NiMH batteries | 1997–1999 | 350 | 80 miles per hour (129 km/h) | US $455/month for 36 month lease; or US $53 000 without subsidies | 80–110 miles (130–180 km) |
| Toyota RAV4 EV | Some leased and sold on US east and west coasts, supported. Toyota agreed to stop crushing. | 1997–2002 | 1249 | 125 kilometres per hour (78 mph) | US $40 000 without subsidies | 80-120 miles (130-190 km) |
| Ford Ranger EV | Some sold, most leased; almost all recovered and most destroyed. Ford allowed reconditioning and sale of a limited quantity to former leaseholders by lottery. Estimated only 200 surviving. | 1998-2002 | 1500 | ~ US $50 000; subsidized to $20 000 | ||
| Nissan Altra EV | Mid-sized station wagon designed from the ground up as the first BEV to use Li-ion batteries,[3] 100,000 miles (161,000 km) battery lifetime. | 1998–2000 | 140 | 75 miles per hour (121 km/h) | US $470/month lease only | 120 miles (193 km) |
| Global Electric Motorcars | NEV | 1998- | > 35000 | 25 miles per hour (40 km/h) | ||
| TH!NK City | Two seat, Nickel-cadmium batteries. Next generation vehicle production planned for fall 2007. | 1999-2002 | 1005 | 90 kilometres per hour (56 mph) | NOK 199 000 | 85 kilometres (53 mi) |
| REVA | Indian-built city car (sold in England as the "G-Wiz").[4] | 2001- | 2000 | 45 miles per hour (72 km/h) | ~£8 000[5] | |
| ZAP Xebra | Chinese built sedan and truck | 2006- | 200 | 40 miles per hour (64 km/h) | US $10 500 | |
| Modec | UK built trucks and Vans | 2007- | 100 | |||
| Cleanova | French built delivery vans [6] | 7000[7] | ||||
| Smart fortwo ED | micro car, only used for pilot project | 2008 | 100 | 120 kilometres per hour (75 mph) | - | 110 kilometres (68 mi) |
| Tesla Roadster | Sold to customers in the United States and Europe.[8] and 1,000 produced as of January 2010.[9] | 2008- | 1,000 (up to January 2010) | 130 miles per hour (209 km/h) [10] | US $92 000 base price | 220 miles (354 km) (based on EPA combined city/highway cycle) |
| Mitsubishi i MiEV | Fleet leasing began in July 2009,[11] and sales to the public in Japan in April 2010[12] and in Hong Kong in May 2010.[13] | 2009- | 5,000 up to Nov 2010 | 80 miles per hour (129 km/h) | 4 million yen (~USD43,000) |
100 miles (161 km) |
| Nissan Leaf | Introduced in Japan and the U.S. in December 2010.[14][15] | 2010- | 150 km/h (93 mph) | ¥3.76 million (~US$44,600) in Japan US$32,780 in the U.S. |
73 miles (117 km) (EPA) 100 miles (161 km) (Nissan) |