History of the electric vehicle
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Electric vehicles were invented in the mid-1800s and held the vehicular land speed record until around 1900. The high cost and low top speed of electric vehicles compared to later internal combustion vehicles caused a worldwide decline in their use, and only relatively recently have they re-emerged into the public eye.
External links
- http://www.newton.mec.edu/brown/te/ALTERNATIVE_FUEL/TIMELINE/timeline.html
- http://www.econogics.com/ev/evhistry.htm (Extensive)
- [Hybrid-Vehicle.org: Early Electric Cars]
- [Analysis by Richard H. Schallenberg for the IEEE Transactions on Education]
- [1997 Disseration by David A. Kirsch, Stanford University]
- [1955 business analysis of early electric vehicles by John B. Rae, Associate Professor of History, MIT]
- [History and Directory of Electric Cars from 1834 - 1987]
- [Short Electric, and other Vehicle History]
- [Mikes Railway History, 1935] Electric Traction
- http://www.hybridcars.com/history.html some Electric information as well.
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