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America’s First Real Electric Automobile Arrives
America’s first real electric automobile owed its existence to a Des Moines, an Iowa chemist.…
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Father of the American Electric Automobile
America has long held a lead over other nations when it comes to its favorite…
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Andrew Riker Drops Out to Build Electric Cars
Andrew Riker was born in America in 1868, and dropped out of college in his…
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Elwell and Parker Leap Forward for Batteries
William Ayrton & John Perry’s electric tricycle was the highlight for electric vehicles in 1891.…
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Louis Poyet: 19th Century Electricity Engraver
Have you ever wondered about Louis Poyet, the hand behind some of the period drawings…
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The Ayrton and Perry Electric Tricycle of 1881
While Charles Jeantaud was building la automobile in France in 1881, Ayrton and Perry were…
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Charles Jeantaud Builds La Automobile in 1881
We do not know much about Charles Jeantaud except that he was a coachbuilder who…
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Gustave Trouve Pioneers Electric Transport in 1881
Gustave Trouve was quick off the mark with the new technology emerging. In 1881, he…
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Camille Faure Creates Lead-Acid Batteries in 1881
Most attempts at electric vehicles relied on Gaston Planté’s primitive lead acid cells before 1881.…
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Johann Kravogl Exhibits at Paris World Fair of 1867
Charles Page’s calamitous locomotive left the fledgling electric vehicle movement in disarray in 1851. The…