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Embracing a century of EV history

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Partly in order to change this situation, Steiner purchased Waverley Electrics , a firm founded in 1896 by Albert Augustus Pope that manufactured the electric Waverley vehicle in Indianapolis from 1898 until 1916. “I It’s basically just a souped-up golf cart, but Ford wouldn’t allow them to import it into the US.

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Embracing a century of EV history

Electric Auto Association

Partly in order to change this situation, Steiner purchased Waverley Electrics , a firm founded in 1896 by Albert Augustus Pope that manufactured the electric Waverley vehicle in Indianapolis from 1898 until 1916. “I It’s basically just a souped-up golf cart, but Ford wouldn’t allow them to import it into the US.

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Proud of its roots

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Fifty years ago, there were no EVs available commercially. I cut the frame and extended it, and then a guy from the DEVC donated a golf cart motor,” he explained. “I This race is the second oldest in the country after the Indianapolis 500,” said McNeil, a member of the Pikes Peak Hill Climb Historical Association. “In