Electric car Delco. These early cars were eventually withdrawn from the U.S. market. California electric automaker Tesla Motors began development in 2004 on what would become the Tesla Roadster (2008), which was first delivered to customers in 2008. The Roadster was the first highway legal serial production all-electric car to use lithium-ion battery cells, and the first production all-electric car to travel more than per charge. Tesla global sales passed 250,000 units in September 2017. The Renault–Nissan–Mitsubishi Alliance achieved the milestone of 500,000 units electric vehicles sold in October 2017. Tesla sold its 200,000th Model S in the fourth quarter of 2017.
Alfi (car manufacturer) Alfi (car manufacturer) The Alfi was a German automobile built in Berlin by an electrical company between 1921 and 1924. The same company had been responsible for the AAA (Aktiengesellschaft für Akkumulatoren und Automobilbau) electric cars and vans which were supplied in large numbers to the German Post Office. In 1922 when they decided to move to engine driven cars they changed their name to Alfi, derived from the owners name Alex Fisher. The first Alfi model had a flat-twin engine. This was followed by a side valve inline-four engine manufactured by Steudel of Kamenz in Saxony. Next came an