Electric cars are not a futuristic dream but a longstanding transport option
01 September 2022 - 10:44Electric vehicles have been around since car manufacturing began. Picture: SCIENCEMUSEUM/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
What is often overlooked is that electric vehicles have a history as well as a future. If we look back we can see they are not a futuristic dream but a long-standing transport option. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, electric car makers competed toe-to-toe with their emerging fossil-fuel rivals. Beginning in 1914, for example, the Detroit Taxicab and Transfer Company built and ran a fleet of nearly 100 electric taxis. This was not unusual. A New York Times article observed: “At the turn of the 20th century, quiet, smooth, pollution-free electric cars were a common sight on the streets of major American cities.
One of the most popular was the Citicar, built between 1974 and 1976 by the Sebring-Vanguard Company in Florida. Based in Massachusetts, Solectria later made the Solectria Force, derived from a GM Geo.
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