Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te tarama tuatahi me nga raina o runga i whakaatuhia e Werner von Siemens i te
1881 International Exhibition of Electricity i Paris: i tangohia te whakauru i muri i taua huihuinga. I te Oketopa 1883, ko te ratonga taraiwa tuuturu tuatahi me nga raina o runga i runga i te Mödling me Hinterbrühl Tram i Austria. Ko nga taraiwa he raina rererangi bipolar, e rua nga putorino U, kei roto i nga pantograph e whakairi ana me te rere ano he waka. Mai i te Paenga-whāwhā ki Hune 1882, kua whakamatauria e Siemens tētahi pūnaha ōrite i runga i tana Electromote, he tīmatanga wawe o te trolleybus.