Transportation · Recorded milestone
Modern electric car
Recorded year2008
The Tesla Roadster proves lithium-ion packs can make EVs fast and long-ranged.
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Led to
- EV fast chargingRecorded · 2009enables
- Eyes-off self-driving carRecorded · 2021enables
- Roads that charge vehiclesRecorded · 2021enables
- Cars that power the gridRecorded · 2024enables
- Sodium-ion car batteriesRecorded · 2024enables
- All-solid-state EV batteriesForecast · ~2028enables
- EVs dominate new car salesForecast · ~2035enables
- Flying family carForecast · ~2050enables
Sources & evidence
Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.