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TIMELINE: History of the Electric Vehicle

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Debbie Strauss, Executive Producer, HOUSTON

Tags: electric vehicle, green energy
Edison and an electric car, 1913. To Edison and others, electric cars seemed preferable to finicky, smoking gasolene-powered cars. However, refinements to internal-combustion technology brought performance advantages that early battery-powered cars could not match. (National Museum of American History)

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