As early as 1880, an electric-powered car was produced in France. However, it was surpassed not long thereafter by the rapid development of the internal combustion engine, leading to few people wanting to devote their time to figuring out how to discover improvements for the former.
早在西元一八八○年左右，法國就曾出現以電力驅動的車輛，但因不久後引擎等熱力機械的迅速發展，後來居上，以致少有人把心力放在電動車的發明改良上。