everything new is old again

Jan 19, 2010 13:49

So, Baker built and sold (according to Jay Leno) THOUSANDS of safe, "green" electric vehicles before 1920 ( Read more... )

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umbran January 19 2010, 22:18:36 UTC
I don't really buy his explanation either.

What I would buy is that the thing only goes 23 mph or so, and a range of under 200 miles, and I'll guess that the batteries take long times to charge. Back in the days when gas was cheap, such limitations would have seemed ridiculous, compared to the power, speed, and refueling easy of an IC engine.

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