American Cars (history of American electric cars)

We may assume that electric cars are a newtechnology in our modern era. The ChevyBolt,Nissan LEAF,and all Tesla vehicles arecertainly cutting-edge automobiles.But therewas a period in America a long time ago whenabout 30% of all cars were electric. (Today,only about 1% of the fleet runs on electricity.)Electric cars were first created in the early tomid-1800s.
In 1898, Dr. Ferdinand Porsche,when 23years old, built his first car, and it was theLohner Electric Chaise.Also,in 1898,CountGaston de Chasseloup-Laubat of Paris set aworld speed record in a car,which happenedto be his electric Jeantaud. The speed recordwas 39.245 mph (62.8 km/h), but that wascrushed a few days later by another electriccar that went 65.79 mph (105.88 km/h),
By 1900,in the United States, 38% of USautomobiles,33,842 cars,were poweredby electricity (40% were powered by steamand 22% by gasoline). This iniormation mightsound like some crackpot Internet hoax,butif you look at the sources, you can easily seethey are credible. The US Dept. of Energy'spage on the history of the electric car states,"By 1900, electric cars were at their heyday,accounting for around a third of all vehicleson the road. During the next ten years,theycontinued to show strong sales." By 1912,there were 38,843 on US roads.
automobiles, 33,842 cars, were poweredby electricity 40% were powered by steamand 22% by gasoline). This information mighiìsound ike some crackpot Internetthoax, buifyou look at the sources, you can easilly seethey are credible. The US Dept, of Energy'spage on the history of the electric car states,"By 1900, electric cars were at their heydayaccouniing for around a third of all vehicleson the road. During the hext ten years,theycontinued to show strong sales.' By 1912,there were 38,843 on US roads.
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gas-powered cars were also available aihatlime. Electric cars were appealing to somewomen who preferred the guieter rides andihe fact that electric cars started very easilyThere was no crank to push and pull as gasmobiles o the time had. Additionally, therewas no smoke, no smelly fumes, and nogassing up. A New York Times article fromabout 1911 described this preference.

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