Electric cars were first

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Not much new here. I would make a bigger case for the electric starter doing in the EV.

mental_floss Blog The Electric Shock: Electric Cars Pre-Date the Civil War!

I think it was a video from Jay's garage that said the turning of the crank on the car in the piece had damaged 7 wrists since it had arrived.

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Since the transistor based technology limited the cars’ speed to about 20 mph, in the US the electric car was marketed strictly to high-class individuals as a town car.

I think Bell Labs might have something to say about that?!?

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Yeah I noticed most of the comments were about this one.