Hi! > Electric automobiles of the early 20th century were "ladies" vehicles, > they didn't need a crank starter and a woman could turn one on and drive > around town. They suffered from the battery technology of the day, > energy density was relatively low, range was limited, and they were > relatively heavy due to the lead-acid energy storage. The same battery > that made these vehicles viable at all, also made the starter motor > possible. Which meant that a lady, with less upper body strength than a > man, could simply flip a switch and start the gasoline engine. That > pretty much sealed the fate of the electric car.
P.J. I do apologize here, but in *early 20th century* no electric automobiles were in existence. Have you experienced close encounters with time distortions lately? ;-) Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
