Electric cars were invented in the late 19th century. In 1899 the “Jamais Contente” driven by Belgian Camille Jenatzy was the first electric car to have broken the 100 km/h barrier. In 2012 in the EU countries the structure of the new cars sales portfolio according to the type of powertrain was the following: petrol cars ─ 43%, diesel cars ─ 55%, hybrid cars ─ 1,1%, plug-in-hybrid cars ─ 0,05% and electric cars ─ 0,2%. Despite the low share of electric cars in the total car distribution in the European countries, in 2012 their sales increased approximately by 50% in comparison with 2011. Nowadays France, Norway, Germany and Great Britain are the countries with the biggest interest to electric vehicles ─ nearly 80% of electric cars sales.
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