Fun fact: electric cars were very popular, before the Model T was introduced in 1908. Edison spent over a million dollars trying to improve the crucial componen

Fun fact: electric cars were very popular, before the Model T was introduced in 1908. Edison spent over a million dollars trying to improve the crucial component of electric cars: the battery. Unfortunately, gasoline was still superior for "touring and rural communities", and when gasoline cars became self-starting, electric cars lost their one key advantage. And that was that.