The LA Times has a cool photo spread about Presidential cars then and now, including an electric car. From, are they kidding?!!, the Taft administration 1909-1913.
Interesting trivia, cool car photos.
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They are not kidding: At the beginning of the 20th century there were more electric cars running than cars with gasoline motor.
See :
http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aacarselectrica.htm
or
http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/223/electric-car-timeline.html
also, in german:
http://www.rwe.com/generator.aspx/magazin/rwe-magazin/ausgabe-03-2008/structure/mit-vollgas-in-die-zukunft/thema3-die-geschichte-der-elektroautos/language=de/id=667966/geschichte-elektroautos.html
Posted by: Lutz | Nov 04, 2008 at 03:11 AM