Photographs: Honda Motor Co/Reuters.
Electric cars were popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
However, the development of internal combustion engine technology and mass production of cheaper gasoline vehicles affected the usage of electric drive vehicles.
Take a look at some of the world's most stunning electric cars...
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Stunning electric cars you would love to drive!
Photographs: Antonio Bronic/Reuters.
The energy crises of the 1970s and '80s revived people's interest in electric cars, yet it did not get as popular as it is today.
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Stunning electric cars you would love to drive!
Photographs: Daimler AG/Reuters.
Since the mid-2000s, electric cars have got a new lease of life due to advances in battery and power management technologies and concerns about increasingly volatile oil prices and the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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Stunning electric cars you would love to drive!
Photographs: Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters.
As of September 2012, the world's top-selling highway-capable all-electric cars are the Nissan Leaf, with more than 37,000 units sold worldwide, and the Mitsubishi i-MiEV, with global sales of more than 15,000 vehicles, including more than 6,500 units rebadged as Peugeot iOn and Citroen C-Zero and sold in the European market.
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Stunning electric cars you would love to drive!
Photographs: Bret Hartman/Reuters.
Electric cars have several benefits compared to conventional internal combustion engine automobiles, including a significant reduction of local air pollution, as they have no tailpipe, and therefore do not emit harmful tailpipe pollutants
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Stunning electric cars you would love to drive!
Photographs: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters.
Electric cars are significantly more expensive than conventional internal combustion engine vehicles and hybrid electric vehicles due to the additional cost of their lithium-ion battery pack.
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Stunning electric cars you would love to drive!
Photographs: Toru Hanai/Reuters.
Honda Motor Company President Takanobu Ito speaks next to the company's electric Micro Commuter Concept city vehicle during a news conference at the 42nd Tokyo Motor Show in Tokyo.
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Stunning electric cars you would love to drive!
Photographs: Tyrone Siu/Reuters.
A Smart Forvision Electric Drive car by Mercedes-Benz is displayed the 9th China (Guangzhou) International Automobile Exhibition in Guangzhou.
Stunning electric cars you would love to drive!
Photographs: Charles Platiau/Reuters.
The logo of the Paris Autolib' electric car is painted on the road in Vaucresson, west of Paris.
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Stunning electric cars you would love to drive!
Photographs: General Motors/Steve Fecht/Handout/Reuters.
The Project P.U.M.A., an electric two-seat prototype vehicle with two wheels drives up 18th Street in New York.
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Stunning electric cars you would love to drive!
Photographs: Mike Blake/Reuters.
The Aptera 2e electric vehicle is driven in Carlsbad, California.
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Stunning electric cars you would love to drive!
Photographs: Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters.
A Paris Autolib' electric car is parked near the Eiffel tower during a presentation ride in Paris.
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Stunning electric cars you would love to drive!
Photographs: Vincent Kessler/Reuters.
A F-City electric car constructed by FAM Automobiles in eastern France.
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Stunning electric cars you would love to drive!
Photographs: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters.
An electric car connected to a charge spot in central London.
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Stunning electric cars you would love to drive!
Photographs: Stephane Mahe/Reuters.
An employee walks past the Friendly prototype electric vehicle in the Heuliez plant in Cerizay, western France,REUTERS/
Stunning electric cars you would love to drive!
Photographs: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters.
The Nautilus E-30 electric truck is seen at the port of Los Angeles.
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Stunning electric cars you would love to drive!
Photographs: David McNew/Reuters.
People test drive the Tesla Motors Model X electric vehicle at its unveiling at the Tesla Design Studio in Hawthorne, California.
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Stunning electric cars you would love to drive!
Photographs: Reva Electric Car Co/Handout/Reuters.
The new-generation Revai electric car is seen near the Indian Parliament building in New Delhi.
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Stunning electric cars you would love to drive!
Photographs: Issei Kato/Reuters.
Nissan Motors Co Chief Operating Officer Toshiyuki Shiga demonstrates how to recharge Nissan's Leaf all-electric vehicle during a news conference in Yokohama.
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Stunning electric cars you would love to drive!
Photographs: Mark Blinch/Reuters.
A Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid car and electric outlet at the 2010 North American International Auto Show during press days in Detroit.
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Stunning electric cars you would love to drive!
Photographs: Mark Blinch/Reuters.
The Chevrolet Volt electric car at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
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Stunning electric cars you would love to drive!
Photographs: Issei Kato/Reuters.
"Bamgoo", an electric car with a body made out of bamboo, is displayed in Kyoto, western Japan.
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Stunning electric cars you would love to drive!
Photographs: Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters.
A Mindset Six50 electric prototype car in Berlin.
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Stunning electric cars you would love to drive!
Photographs: Mike Blake/Reuters.
The interior of the Aptera 2e electric vehicle is seen outside the company's assembly facilities in Vista, California.
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Stunning electric cars you would love to drive!
Photographs: Fred Prouser/Reuters.
A Tesla Model S electric vehicle in Hawthorn, California.
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Stunning electric cars you would love to drive!
Photographs: Denis Balibouse/Reuters.
The Brabus Electric Drive Smart at the 79th Geneva Car Show.
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Stunning electric cars you would love to drive!
Photographs: Mark Blinch/Reuters.
The Myers Motors NmG all electric car is test driven during the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
Stunning electric cars you would love to drive!
Photographs: Eric Gaillard/Reuters.
The all-electric concept car 'My Car' produced by the Newteon Company at the EVER Monaco 2009, a trade show dedicated to Ecological Vehicles and Renewable Energies, in Monte Carlo.
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Stunning electric cars you would love to drive!
Photographs: Molly Riley/Reuters.
The US Army's neighbourhood electric vehicles (NEV) on display at Ft. Myer, Virginia.
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Stunning electric cars you would love to drive!
Photographs: Toyota/Handout/Reuters.
A US specification electric hybrid Camry is seen in a 2008 photo.
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