Why Electric Cars Failed 100 Years Ago

Why Electric Cars Failed 100 Years Ago

Source: Fully Charged Show
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https://youtu.be/Xzk6acQO-KQ?si=AGVzXYQvaubaNX9s
Oct 5, 2023

Robert and Jack spend the day with a staggeringly clean example of one of the very earliest electric cars: A 1901 Waverly Model 22. Built at a time when EVs outnumbered ICE cars, it is an incredible insight into the genesis of the electric car - but what happened? Why didn't EVs catch on the first time around? Bobby and Jack go for a (very slow) drive to try to find out.

Special thanks to EVA England for providing this incredible car.

00:00 Intro
1:15 Meet the Waverly Model 22
4:10 Exterior walkaround
7:31 How does it work?
9:38 Battery swapping before it was cool
11:35 A (very slow) drive
13:22 Close call...
14:11 What happened to early EVs?
16:53 Lessons learned?

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