<P> Between 1832 and 1839 , Scottish inventor Robert Anderson also invented a crude electrical carriage . A patent for the use of rails as conductors of electric current was granted in England in 1840 , and similar patents were issued to Lilley and Colten in the United States in 1847 . </P>
<P> Between 1832 and 1839 , Scottish inventor Robert Anderson also invented a crude electrical carriage . A patent for the use of rails as conductors of electric current was granted in England in 1840 , and similar patents were issued to Lilley and Colten in the United States in 1847 . </P>
when was the first electric car made in the usa
when was the first electric car made in the usa
1847
1847