A century before Elon Musk’s Tesla, electric cars were popular in many cities

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In Washington at the beginning of the 20th century, first ladies were among those who embraced electric models as cleaner and easier to drive.

 

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Didn’t Grandma Duck drive an original electric jalopy?

In the header photo, Taft’s White steam car is actually to the right - he is riding in a gas car.

My son showed me photos of these cars explaining how electric cars are better now than then.

Mass production of the Model T dropped the price of ICE cars as well. EVs are great and getting better every year.

True news. Imagine that... Something not fake fr Washington post. Did hell freeze over?

They didn't catch on back then due to the very long cords.

...automotive pioneer Jethro Bodine also developed an electric car. His effort was defeated when he couldn’t find an extension cord long enough to travel to town.

Model T or model A Turn crank and AMP model electical.

Lack of accumulator capacity caused their down fall, don't forget mileage even now days it's somewhat problematic compared to combustion engines.

This story is so irrelevant. It might as well read, “ Chinese Wall kept out invaders thousands of years before Democrats...I mean...Trump supported it.”

But were axed out by the oil companies...greed!

...and then the Oil Lobby got mad.

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