Believe it or not, there was a time over 100 years ago when EVs dominated the market. Steam power, while very problematic, accounted for around 40% of cars, 20% were gasoline, and the remaining 40%
. To understand this, we have to go back to the time of the original Tesla, and by that I don’t mean the first-generation Roadster, but Nikola Tesla, a prolific inventor that today’s Tesla company is named after. This was also the time of Henry Ford, and Tesla’s rival, Thomas Edison.. Most of us were told as kids that Edison was the man who ushered in the electric age, but in reality, he was just the manager. Nikola Tesla did most of the actual inventing, but wasn’t great at the business side.
A trip across the country still took weeks and cars weren’t as durable as they are now, so early trips across the continent weren’t without risk, but they were at least possible in a gas-powered car at the time and were getting easier. Here’s something I wrote about these early trips fromIn July 1919, the United States Army sent an expedition to see what difficulties they’d face trying to cross the country in mechanized vehicles.
Needless to say, most people didn’t bother trying to cross the United States by car in those pre-highway days, as it was truly an adventure not for the faint of heart. Even with enough fuel availability, the cars of the day weren’t very good, and neither were the roads. Nobody wanted to get stuck in the middle of nowhere without support.
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