A lot people think electric automobiles are relatively new, but that isn't really remotely close to the case. Prior to World War I, they were actually pretty well-liked and a ton of the basics of how the work hasn't changed a bit. An example of one of the most popular brands, a 1910 Detroit Electric Model D, is heading up for auction pretty soon.
Barrett selling a Detroit Electric Model D, which the Leaf is barely a marked improvement upon
To get a consumer to purchase brand new stuff, advertising businesses really stress that modern technology is better than old technology. It is one of the things people want you to believe.
Before the first World War, there were already electric vehicles and some of them had a better electric range than our vehicles do. The Nissan Leaf is known as this great invention, but it is really not.
The Detroit Electric Model D, by Detroit Electric, a subsidiary of the Anderson Electric Vehicle Company, according to the Daily Mail, had a 100-mile range and an example from 1910 is heading for the Barrett-Jackson classic car public sale in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Not the fastest car
When compared to 1900, it seems like we are doing pretty bad, according to CNET. Back then, 28 percent of automobiles on the road were electric. Today, less than one percent is electric. Back then, people had a charger at home they used to charge the battery. The battery was used in electric and gasoline automobiles, and it would power the motor. The vehicles were easier and quieter than gas-cars back then, so people liked them.
Several companies produced them, of which Detroit Electric was just one, though they were among the most popular. Besides a public endorsement from Thomas Edison, they sold about 20,000 vehicles between 1907 and 1939, according to The Truth About Vehicles.
Not much by modern requirements
The automobiles could only go 25 miles per hour and had a range of 100 miles per charge. They also looked like a horse buggy with headlights, making them easy enough.
Automobiles at the time, though, were a wealthy person's toy and the Detroit Electric Model D, according to the Daily Mail, cost about $2,400 at the time, roughly about $135,000, a bit more than one would pay for, say, a brand new Nissan GT-R at a Nissan dealer in Everett, WA., or wherever they have one on the lot. Detroit Electric even had a network of charging stations in 8 cities, where owners could pull in and plug in.
It is expected that the Model D will get $70,000 to $80,000 in the auction. There was a Detroit Electric business started in 2009 to create a vehicle with vehicle business Proton that is similar. It sold for about $25,000 at the time in different countries, but it dissolved easily.
Barrett selling a Detroit Electric Model D, which the Leaf is barely a marked improvement upon
To get a consumer to purchase brand new stuff, advertising businesses really stress that modern technology is better than old technology. It is one of the things people want you to believe.
Before the first World War, there were already electric vehicles and some of them had a better electric range than our vehicles do. The Nissan Leaf is known as this great invention, but it is really not.
The Detroit Electric Model D, by Detroit Electric, a subsidiary of the Anderson Electric Vehicle Company, according to the Daily Mail, had a 100-mile range and an example from 1910 is heading for the Barrett-Jackson classic car public sale in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Not the fastest car
When compared to 1900, it seems like we are doing pretty bad, according to CNET. Back then, 28 percent of automobiles on the road were electric. Today, less than one percent is electric. Back then, people had a charger at home they used to charge the battery. The battery was used in electric and gasoline automobiles, and it would power the motor. The vehicles were easier and quieter than gas-cars back then, so people liked them.
Several companies produced them, of which Detroit Electric was just one, though they were among the most popular. Besides a public endorsement from Thomas Edison, they sold about 20,000 vehicles between 1907 and 1939, according to The Truth About Vehicles.
Not much by modern requirements
The automobiles could only go 25 miles per hour and had a range of 100 miles per charge. They also looked like a horse buggy with headlights, making them easy enough.
Automobiles at the time, though, were a wealthy person's toy and the Detroit Electric Model D, according to the Daily Mail, cost about $2,400 at the time, roughly about $135,000, a bit more than one would pay for, say, a brand new Nissan GT-R at a Nissan dealer in Everett, WA., or wherever they have one on the lot. Detroit Electric even had a network of charging stations in 8 cities, where owners could pull in and plug in.
It is expected that the Model D will get $70,000 to $80,000 in the auction. There was a Detroit Electric business started in 2009 to create a vehicle with vehicle business Proton that is similar. It sold for about $25,000 at the time in different countries, but it dissolved easily.
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