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the electric vehicle has been around since the mid 1900's it was another 100+ years before they started to develop the technology further to compete with the internal combustion engine
I understand the point you are making and in today's context that is true, but arguably it was competing from day one. Fully functional electric vehicles were around in the mid 1880s and the first racing vehicle to reach 100km/h was electric. Electric cabs and buses were in commercial use in the first decade of the 20th century, before rapid developments in internal combustion performance and economy overtook those of electric vehicles.