NYC had electric taxis in the ’90s—the 1890s, that is
Baua Electric
JUNE 5, 2024
In May 1899, taxi driver Jason German reportedly became the first operator of an automobile arrested for speeding after being clocked at a heady 12 mph on Manhattan’s Lexington Avenue. That same year, another taxi driver struck a person in what is thought to be the first pedestrian fatality involving a car.
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