2020. Global sales of the Model 3 passed the 1 million milestone in June 2021, the first electric car model to do so. The Nissan Leaf achieved the milestone of 500,000 units sold globally in early December 2020, 10 years after its inception. Combined sales of plug-in electric cars and light-duty commercial vans since 2010 achieved the 10 million unit milestone by the end of 2020. VinFast of VinGroup from Vietnam also introduced their electric vehicles such as VinFast Klara scooter, cars, buses. Electric bicycle The principal manufacturer of e-bikes globally is China, with 2009 seeing the manufacturing of 22.2 million units. In the world Geoby is the leading manufacturers of E-bikes. Pedego is the best selling in the U.S. China accounts for nearly 92% of the market worldwide. In China the number of electric bicycles on the road was 120 million in 2010. Jiangsu Yadea, an electric bicycle producer of renown in China, leads the ranking of China National Light Industry Council (CNLIC) electric bicycle industry for three years. It retains capacity of nearly 6 million electric bicycles a year. In 1997, Charger Electric Bicycle was the first U.S. company to come out with a pedelec. First models of electric bicycles appeared in late 19th century. US Patent office registered several e-bike patents since 1895 to 1899 (Ogden Bolton patented battery-powered bicycle in 1895, Hosea W. Libbey patented bicycle with double electric motor in 1897 and John Schnepf patented electric motor with roller wheel). Timeline of milestones Notable production vehicles Selected list of battery electric vehicles include (in chronological order): See also History of the automobile History of plug-in hybrids History of electric motorcycles and scooters List of production battery electric vehicles Country specific Electric car use by country Plug-in electric vehicles in Japan Plug-in electric vehicles in the Netherlands Plug-in electric vehicles in Norway Plug-in electric vehicles in the United Kingdom Plug-in electric vehicles in the United States References External links Alternative Fuel Vehicles Timeline An Extensive Electric Vehicle History Hybrid-Vehicle.org: Early Electric Cars Analysis by Richard H. Schallenberg for the IEEE Transactions on Education 1997 Dissertation by David A. Kirsch, Stanford University "1955 Business Analysis of Early Electric Vehicles", John B. Rae, Associate Professor of History, MIT History And Directory Of Electric Cars From 1834 to 1987 Short Electric, And Other Vehicle History Mikes Railway History, 1935: Electric Traction some Electric information as well SVE Website Electric