The first electric cars appeared in the late 19th century, and electric vehicles date back even further than that. In 1899, Belgian Camille Jenatzy used an electric vehicle to break the land speed record, hitting 65 MPH. That may not sound too significant to anyone who isn't willingly driving around in a Fiat 500, but back then, breaking the 100 KM/H barrier (just over 62 MPH) was a major achievement.

But is the future really electric? Possibly not. The main driving force behind the hype has been global concern over carbon emissions and a desire to limit them before the situation gets beyond humanity's control.

The two current contenders are hydrogen-fueled cars and hybrids. Hydrogen runs into similar environmental issues as electric, primarily that our current methods of extracting the gas uses a lot of energy. It's also the most expensive of the three options. This may change when hydrogen extraction methods are refined and the cars themselves become more common, but there is a long way to go yet. SO, Ev's are not the future and heres why?