#11: A Woman Charges Her Electric Car
Move over, Tesla! It looks like the electric vehicle is nothing new. This 1912 photograph shows a woman plugging in her electric car for a good old-fashioned charging session. Who knew electric cars were old news? It’s a little-known fact that electric cars were widely popular in the early 1900s. In fact, they were becoming more widespread than gasoline cars before Henry Ford made his Model T.
Electric cars were especially popular among women in the early 1900s. These electric cars were quiet, easy to maneuver, and didn’t spew smelly pollutants into the air. Sounds familiar, doesn’t it? Gasoline cars gained prominence because they were cheaper to produce and could travel farther distances than early electric cars. This early photograph goes to show that we’ve always had the technology to produce electric vehicles!