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July 30, 2024
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CHART: How China conquered the global EV market
In February 2008, Elon Musk took possession of Tesla’s first production vehicle, the Roadster, hailed as the first retail electric passenger car powered by a lithium-ion battery.
That is if you don’t count Norway’s Th!nk City which kicked off production that same year and that for a short period was majority owned by Ford, before shutting its doors in 2011 after producing some 2,500 units of the micro car.
In fact, more Th!nK Citys were sold than the number of first generation Roadsters that found new owners through 2012 when production ceased.
