1990 to present: The decreasing oil resources and the serious pollution of the atmospheric environment have made people pay more attention to electric vehicles. Before 1990, the use of electric vehicles was mainly advocated by the private sector. For example, the non-governmental academic organization established in 1969: the World Electric Vehicle Association (World Electric Vehicle Association).
The World Electric Vehicle Association holds professional electric vehicle academic conferences and exhibitions Electric Vehicle Symposium and Exposition (EVS) in different countries and regions around the world every year and a half.
Since the 1990s, major automobile manufacturers have begun to pay attention to the future development of electric vehicles and have begun to invest capital and technology in the field of electric vehicles. At the Los Angeles Auto Show in January 1990, the president of General Motors introduced the Impact all-electric sedan to the world. 1992 Ford's Ecostar using calcium-sulfur batteries, 1996 Toyota's RAV4LEV using nickel-metal hydride batteries, 1996 French Renault's Clio, 1997 Toyota's Prius hybrid sedan rolled off the assembly line, 1997 Nissan's world's first car The Prairie Joy EV, an electric vehicle using a lithium-ion battery, was released and sold by Honda in 1999.
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