page_title: Electric car
section_title: EV plans from major manufacturers
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caption_attribution_description: English: 2020 Ford Mustang Mach-E taken at the 2020 London Classic Car Show, Olympia London
context_page_description: An electric car is an automobile that is propelled by one or more electric motors, using energy stored in rechargeable batteries. The first practical electric cars were produced in the 1880s. Electric cars were popular in the late 19th century and early 20th century, until advances in internal combustion engines, electric starters in particular, and mass production of cheaper petrol and diesel vehicles led to a decline in the use of electric drive vehicles.
  From 2008, a renaissance in electric vehicle manufacturing occurred due to advances in batteries, and the desire to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve urban air quality. Charging an electric car can be done at a variety of charging stations, these charging stations can be installed in both houses and public areas.
  Several countries have established government incentives for plug-in electric vehicles, tax credits, subsidies, and other non-monetary incentives, and long term policies to promote the adoption of electric vehicles. Compared with internal combustion engine cars, electric cars are quieter, have no tailpipe emissions, and lower emissions in general.
context_section_description: Volkswagen plans 27 electric vehicles by 2022, on a dedicated EV platform dubbed "Modular Electric Toolkit" and initialed as MEB. Ford will use Volkswagen's Modular Electric Toolkit to design and build its own fully electric vehicles starting in 2023.
  Toyota has developed a global EV platform named e-TNGA that can accommodate a three-row SUV, sporty sedan, small crossover or a boxy compact. 
  Toyota and Subaru will release a new EV on a shared platform. It will be about the size of a Subaru Forester or Toyota RAV4.
  As of March 2019, BMW plans 12 all electric vehicles by 2025, using a fifth-generation electric powertrain architecture, which will save weight and cost and increase capacity. BMW has ordered €10 billion worth of battery cells valid from 2021 through 2030.
  Mercedes plans to invest $23 billion on battery cells through 2030 and have 10 all electric vehicles by 2022.
  In January 2019, GM announced that it plans to make Cadillac its lead electric vehicle brand starting in 2021. GM's "BEV3" next-generation electric vehicle platform is designed to be flexible for use in many different vehicle types, such as front, rear and all-wheel drive configurations.
  Ford is planning to release an electric F-150 in the 2021 time frame. The Ford Mustang Mach-E, is an electric crossover and with the extended battery range will reach 340 km (210 miles) and up to 480 km (300 miles) if equipped with the rear wheel drive option.
  Infiniti announced that by 2021 all newly introduced vehicles will be electric or hybrid.
  In January 2020, Hyundai announced it plans 23 pure electric cars by 2025. Hyundai will announce it next generation electric vehicle platform named e-GMP, in 2021.
  In January 2019 and updated in April, a Reuters analysis of 29 global automakers concluded that automakers are planning on spending $300 billion over the next 5 to 10 years on electric cars, with 45% of that investment projected to occur in China.
caption: Ford Mustang Mach-E
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