Today I Found Out

The 19th Century and the Dominance of the Electric Car and What Spelled Its Doom (2015x182)

Air date: Nov 30, 2015

→Subscribe fo→’s taxi cabs were electric vehicles. This fleet of electric cars was built by the Electric Carriage and Wagon Company of Philadelphia. Not only that, but in 1899 and 1900, electric cars outsold all other types of cars, such as gas and steam powered vehicles. In 1902 an electric car, the Baker Torpedo, became the first car to have an aerodynamic body that enclosed both the driver and the platform. This car at one point reached 80 mph in a speed test before crashing and killing two spectators. It was later clocked as high as 120 mph, but with spectators not invited this time. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2011/04/in-1899-ninety-percent-of-new-york-citys-taxi-cabs-were-electric-vehicles/ Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_car http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aacarselectrica.htm http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1871282,00.html http://www.earlyelectric.com/timeline.html http://www.teslamotors.com/models/index.php http://www.nissanusa.com/leaf-electric-car/#/car/index http://www.miniusa.com/learn-mini-e.html#/learn/minimalism/MINIE-m