http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/223/electric-car-timeline.html
Especially, note the entries for 1900 and 1020. Boris Liberman wrote: > 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
