In 1837, Thomas Davenport of Brandon received the world’s first patent for an electric motor. It was, in fact, the first patent for any sort of electrical device. His wife, Emily Goss Davenport ...

An electric motor converts electrical energy into physical movement. Faraday's motor used magnets and wire to create electric energy. To make it, he took a nail and around 100 loops of copper wire.

Electric cars date back to the dawn of the electric motor, ... The electric starter, however—invented by Charles Kettering in 1912—largely put an end to the EV's new-found popularity.

An early electric car was built by William Morrison 1891, closely followed, at 62 miles per hour, by Camille Jenitzy in 1899. The first hybrid car was invented by Ferdinand Porsche in 1900.

If Nikola Tesla, the legendary genius who invented the electric induction motor were alive today, he would no doubt be disappointed. That’s because the majority of electric motors we produce ...