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The first Electric locomotives
The first crude electrical carriage powered by non-recharge primary cells is built from a British inventor, Robert Anderson. -
The begining of the locomotives
An American Engineer, Thomas Devenport is credited with building the first pratical electric small locomotive. -
rechargeable lead -acid storage battery
An French physicist invents the rechargeable lead-acid storage battery.Later on in 1881, his countryman Camile Faure will improved the storage battery's ability to supply current and invent the basic lead-acid battery used in automobiles. -
The first successful electric automobile
In Des Moines, Iowa a person name William Morrison successfully build the electric automobile in the United States. -
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Electric Cars Reach Their Heyday
By the turn of the 20th century, electric cars were all raging over to the cities for transpotation to the people and Sellers getting their money. -
Edison Takes on Electric Vehicle Batteries
Thomas Edison thought that electric vehicles are better Transportation than horse carriages and worked to improve a better battery for the elctric vehicles -
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Model T Deals a Blow to Electric Vehicles
Henry Ford built the Model T makes a mass-produced that is powered by gas and is is widely available and affordable. -
Over the Moon with Electric Vehicles
Around the time, NASA's lunar rover was the first manned vehicle on the moon and runs on electricity. -
Interest in Electric Cars Fades
Eletric cars during this time period were starting to fade away in it's drawbacks, including limited perfomance and range, causing interest in electric cars to fade again.
