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Electric Cars 100 Years Ago

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Try a book called "The Electric Vehicle and the Burden of History" very dryly written but lot's of eye opening stories about the genesis of EVs.

They did battery swaps. There were taxi companies that had the cab's batterys in large trays under the car. There were early hydraulic systems and rotating turntables for moving the heavy lead loads in and out of the cars quickly.


Delivery and local service routes are still perfect for EVs. The milage is aways known and the cars can charge for the full run the next day.