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An article in the Times shows collector Jay Leno buzzing around on one of his cars, this one rather more exotic than his others, because it's electric. Correction: it's an electric car from 1909.
The article's got some interesting tidbits about old-school electric cars, not least of all this:
At the turn of the 20th century, quiet, smooth, pollution-free electric cars were a common sight on the streets of major American cities. Women especially favored them over steam- and gasoline-powered cars.
Leno goes on to say there were "thousands" of electric cars prowling the streets of New York City--from 1905 to 1915. Who knew? Read all about it here.
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yep....just go out and rent "who killed the electric car" ...electric is the way to go...ditch the rest.
It's true! There's an amazing museum in Sylmar, California (in the San Fernando Valley, outside of LA) that has a whole collection of not only early electric cars...but STEAM run cars...Nuts! It's called the Nethercutt Collection...and the most crazy thing about it is that it is located at a cosmetics factory (the guy who owns it is the co-founder of Merle Norman Cosmetics)...there's also a very large pipe organ there...the place is a trip.