Rolls-Royce has been using the Black Badge name since 2016, but this is the first time it’s been applied to an electric car.

In several cases, it began quite recently, in others over a century ago. Here we list, in alphabetical order, the first EVs (excluding hybrids) produced by manufacturers in business today.

with a handful of such engines standing out as the most powerful ever made. Of course, they and all others wouldn't have become so known without the first, and the car it was used in. The story ...