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History: Electric Cars: The Golden Age

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With the recent growth of the electric automobile industry , it’s no surprise that EVs are a hot topic of conversation. For comparison, today only one percent of our current national fleet consists of electric vehicles. 1912 Detroit Electric. Detroit Electric was making 13,000 electric cars annually by 1912.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

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Lutz, who retired earlier this year, called the car Detroits "moon shot" and an attempt to wrest the mantle of innovation back from the Japanese. That way you have a fair basis of comparison, you know, apples to apples and all that jazz. AND the Detroit car companies were laughing. GM doesnt have a chance. Never again.

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