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Detroit Electric All American Runabout
The 1907 Detroit Electric was in many ways electricity’s answer to the Model T Ford…
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Electric Baker Torpedo Kid Stuns Crowds
Americans loved their early electric cars because they did not have to crank-start them, or…
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The Morris and Salom Electrobat Automobile
Henry Morris was a mechanical engineer who teamed with chemist Pedro Salom to produce electric…
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The Walter Bersey London Electric Cab
Walter Bersey was a British engineer born in 1874 with a particular interest in developing…
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The Morrison Four Wheel Electric Carriage
The Morrison four wheel electric carriage was the work of a Scotsman who tinkered with…
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William Morrison – Part 1 The Battery
William Morrison was a Scottish chemist who entered our world on August 23, 1855. He…
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First Hybrid Electric Lohner–Porsche Auto
Battery storage for electric automobiles was proceeding apace, as more manufacturers began making lead-acid cells.…
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This Flocken Elektrowagen Was For Real
The first electric cars were speculative models of the real thing in the minds of…
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Thomas Parker Builds First Electric Car
Electric cars and batteries have always been in a mutual, symbiotic relationship. This was never…
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Ányos Jedlik Creates First Automotive Object
Before Hungarian Ányos Jedlik experimented with electricity, it was hard to imagine an automotive object.…