And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Women liked electric cars back then because you didn't have to hand crank them to get it started. Once electric starters started being used on internal combustion cars it was game over for electric and steam.
25 mile range tops with their (huge) lead-acid batteries. The home chargers were 'spitz-und-sparken' deathtraps. My Grandfather's Dad bought one for my Great Grandmother. She like the vehicle apparently, but wouldn't touch the charger (according to my Grandfather).
And Baker couldn't shut off your car whenever the worthless government told him to.
ReplyDeleteWelcome back to 1910.
ReplyDeleteWomen liked electric cars back then because you didn't have to hand crank them to get it started. Once electric starters started being used on internal combustion cars it was game over for electric and steam.
ReplyDeleteReminds one that EVs were and are a dead end development suitable for golf carts and lift trucks.
ReplyDelete25 mile range tops with their (huge) lead-acid batteries. The home chargers were 'spitz-und-sparken' deathtraps. My Grandfather's Dad bought one for my Great Grandmother. She like the vehicle apparently, but wouldn't touch the charger (according to my Grandfather).
ReplyDeleteThe 1911 model had a 244.5 mile world record range with Edison nickel iron batteries.
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