Over a third of all cars were electric a century ago

Electric cars seem like cutting-edge technology these days, and it seems like people everywhere are switching, with a full percent of cars running on electricity today. So it might come as a surprise to learn that 100 years ago, 38% of cars were electric. Porsche's first car was electric. The fastest car in the world at the time was electric. Henry Ford and Thomas Edison collaborated on an electric car. Electric cars were the future - a century in the past. In 1900, 40% of cars were powered...

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