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Tale of Two 2,000-mile EV Rural Road Trips

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Since I was attending the Detroit Auto Show, I could replicate my UK trip for comparison. Instead, I drove to Cleveland and then back westward to the center of Iowa, where I visited a relative. The next EV he recalls driving was an electric car built in the early 1900s before gasoline cars took over the market.

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History: Electric Cars: The Golden Age

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For comparison, today only one percent of our current national fleet consists of electric vehicles. Cars during this time were powered by one of three methods : steam, gasoline or electricity. Steam and gasoline-powered vehicles had internal combustion engines (ICE). EVs vs. ICE Vehicles. 1906 “One Hundred Mile” Frichtle.