This is the first episode of a multi-part series on the Future of Mobility. Today, we’re talking about the past, present and future of electric vehicles, or EVs.

While we have come to know EVs as a modern technology brought forward by the mighty Tesla, they actually have had a long, colorful history impeded ultimately by the limits of one technology: the battery. With new, modern battery technology and EVs achieving a second renaissance, it may help to look back in time when picturing a fully electric world.