At what speed do electrons in a battery-driven automotive circuit travel along a wire? At what speed does the electric field propagate along a wire? Electrons travel at 0.01 cm/s. The electric field travels instantaneously. Electrons move at 0.01 cm/s. The electric field propagates at nearly the speed of light. Electrons move at the speed of light. The electric field moves at 0.01 cm/s. Electrons travel at a few million km/hr. The electric field propagates at the speed of light