The Electric Car: An Idea Whose Time May Never Come

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Power Line:

 

John Hinderaker

10/18/12

 

The vision of the future touted by many environmentalists includes electric automobiles. The dream of the electric car is an old one; for quite a few decades now, electric vehicles have supposedly represented the future. Thus, a friend sent me this photocopy of a newspaper article titled “Ford Chief Says Electric Car Now Is Under Development.” The article appeared in January 1971.

 

 

 

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My favorite part is the conclusion:

 

The last successful American automobile powered by batteries was the old Baker Electric, which used a tiller arm instead of a steering wheel and was last made in the 1920s.

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