18321832 Robert Anderson invents a non-rechargeable electric carriage.

18351835 Thomas Davenport builds the first practical electric vehicle and receiving a patent for the first electric motor in 1837.

18591859 French physicist Gaston Planté invents the rechargeable lead-acid battery.

18851885 Karl Benz builds an automobile powered by an Otto gasoline engine.

18911891 William Morrison of Des Moines, Iowa builds the first successful electric automobile in the United States.

1890’s 1890’s Electric vehicles outnumber other vehicles 10-1.

19001900 One-third of all cars found on the roads of New York City, Boston, and Chicago are electric.

1911 Baker Electric1902 Woods Electric Phaeton

19021902 Studebaker produced its first salable automobile, an electric.

19041904 Baker Electric Stanhope

Horsepower – 1.75 Top Speed – 14 mph 3 Speed Transmission Range – 40 miles Weight – 975 lbs Shaft drive $1600

19081908 Henry Ford introduces the gasoline-powered Model T.

19131913 Thomas Edison-model

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19101910 First mass production of gasoline engines while EV’s were still hand-made.

19131913 First electric starter on a gasoline engine.

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