The world's first electric vehicle is discussed. It is said that the first experiment on an electric vehicle was performed in the middle of the 1830s, just after the discovery of Faraday's law. Therefore, this era is called the age of invention for applications of the electric motor, one of them being the electric vehicle. There are numerous theories, rumors, and opinions about the first electric vehicle. Here, I will clarify which experiment should be called the first experiment on an electric vehicle. (C) 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.