Did you know the first cars were powered by electricity? In the late 19th century, electric vehicles were popular for their quiet operation and ease of use compared to steam or gas-powered cars.

"At the end of the 19th Century, a car was a “streetcar ... "At the beginning of the 20th Century, electric cars were very briefly more popular than internal combustion engine cars in ...

electric power. That tree of infrastructure bore fruit. The 20th century was to be the consumer century, hailed by most, scorned by some. In 1900, there were only 8,000 cars in the entire country ...

With all the EV hype in the air, you’d be forgiven for thinking electric vehicles are something new. But of course, EVs go way, way back, to the early 19th century by some reckonings.