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citation needed

• jakeonthemove 14y ago
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Killed_the_Electric_Car%3F http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Killed_the_Electric_Car%3F http://books.google.be/books?id=MyZo7EhN8-MC&pg=PA58&dq=Sloan+1922+general+motors+streetcar&hl=en&ei=ZG1DTuvXFMPrmAX0_cmvCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Sloan%201922%20general%20motors%20streetcar&f=false http://books.google.be/books?id=MyZo7EhN8-MC&pg=PA58&#38... http://earlyelectric.com/carcompanies.html http://earlyelectric.com/carcompanies.html http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/06/henry-ford-thomas-edison-ev/ http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/06/henry-ford-thomas-ediso... Granted, it was cheaper to go with oil-powered cars because of the incentives, but in the long run, we would've been better off with electric. Oh well, more opportunities for innovative business today :-)
  • slug 14y ago
    I think you missed the part where battery technology one century ago wasn't as advanced as it is today.
    • rhizome 14y ago
      Copper was much cheaper, though!
      • BystanderX 14y ago
        Not to mention demand and continued production drives research and improvement, so it would have been self reinforcing.