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We test a replica of Trouve's 1881 rechargeable electric vehicle Ray Massey For Thisismoney.co.uk © Provided by This Is Money MailOnline logo You may think electric cars are a recent invention but in fact they’ve been around since the dawn of the automobile in the Victorian era – and I’ve just had an exclusive drive in a replica of the very first one. Had it not been for the easy and practical availability of petroleum spirit, the restrictive range of batteries, and the shortage of electric charging points – challenges which still exist to this very day - they might...

Over a century ahead of Tesla: We test a replica of the World's first electric car, Gustave Trouve's 1881 rechargeable vehicle Gustave Trouvé is believed to have driven the world's first rechargeable electric vehicle in Paris in April 1881 It has been created by commercial vehicle specialists Maxus and Victorian cycle engineer Christian Richards The replica took two months to create, has less than 1 horsepower and a restricted top speed of 10mph Daily Mail's Ray Massey has taken it for a spin on the 140th anniversary of the original plug-in electric car