The first automobiles were electric and they weren't American: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_electric_vehicle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hist

The first automobiles were electric and they weren't American: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_electric_vehicle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_electric_vehicl... The most important component in an EV is the battery. The lithium ion battery made electric cars practical. So you could say Sony invented the electric car industry by being the first to commercialize lithium ion batteries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_lithium-ion_battery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_lithium-ion_bat...