Before 1920, electric cars were as popular as vehicles with internal combustion engines. Moreover, in 1912, two friends, Henry Ford and Thomas Edison, had the idea of exploding the car market by ...

Many people know Elon Musk as the face of Tesla but, it turns out, the name carries significant meaning. There's something ...

However, inventors and scientists have dabbled with electric-driven carriages since the late 1800s. In 1884, English inventor Thomas Parker created an electric car with a steam generator to ...

Electric innovations past and present: The Hyundai Ioniq 6 that NPR took on a road trip stopped at the Thomas Edison Center at Menlo Park in Edison, N.J., on June 11.