EVs were around when the first petrol cars started. But the lead-acid batteries they had then just didn't have the energy density compared with petrol (gasoline) engines.
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| From the NY P ublic Library's digital collection I love the early 'fast charger' |
This car is a Rauch and Lang EV from 1919. The Rauch and Lang company has a surprisingly long and complicated history, producing bodywork for other car manufacturers as well as an electric automatic transmission 30 years before the competition, and also inventing the electric forklift.
The low energy density of the lead-acid battery continued to hold back EVs, with GM's EV1 which used lead-acid batteries, being withdrawn and crushed by the company. The good news is that GM's piece of spite led to the foundation of Tesla.
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