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The Baker Electric and the Model T had about the same price during their first year of production ($800ish). The Model T went down in price only with scale and
by lumberjack 12y ago
The Baker Electric and the Model T had about the same price during their first year of production ($800ish). The Model T went down in price only with scale and manufacturing innovations during that time period.
However, a Model T is quite a bit more complex to manufacture than a Baker Electric. What you are thinking of is probably the reason for why IC cars won over steam cars.
Though the electric car existed it was never a contender for a mass adoption because of the same reasons why electric cars today aren't quite as good either, range and time to refuel.
- DavidWanjiru 12y agoI probably feel the way I do because I have the benefit of hindsight, whereas the people of the time the Model T came out couldn't see what a future built on oil meant geopolitically and environmentally. But for those of us alive today to look back and read that once upon a time, humanity chose oil and it's attendant conveniences when they could have taken electricity with a few limitations... I mean, if we were the ones making the choice for 1909 people in a time travel world, I want to imagine we'd go hell for leather getting them to "vote" electric car.