Description: Did you know there was an American-made electric car which sold thousands of units some 22 years before GM built the EV-1? The reason you might not is because vehicles which so obviously fail all on t...Add Comments2
Description: A prototype electric car was built as far back as 1828, with the invention of rechargeable batteries in 1856 making the idea much more viable. The first proper four-wheeled electric car was built in ...Add Comments4
William ChongFeb 05, 2013 Yep the first car was invented in 1885 by Karl Benz(Yep that Mercedes Benz). He is known as the inventor of modern automobile.
Jesse JalapenoFeb 04, 2013 Ohh wow the electric cars in 1899 are faster than the smart car
Description: The Hartford Electric Light Company would even come up with a battery swapping system. EV battery swapping has come back, and is currently failing in the form of Better Place, a company which is simpl...Add Comments0
Description: The car wasn't really meant to replace your regular car, but rather to serve as a commuter vehicle, allowing you to save your regular car, and the fuel in its tank, for more important functions. ...Add Comments6
Ben NortonFeb 04, 2013 What on earth are you talking about?
Hektor YbergFeb 04, 2013 To our planet and and melts our planet. Than everybody dies.
Hektor YbergFeb 04, 2013 No everytime he farts he sends message to a galactic civilization that is close to us. Than they make their star expand until it implodes and creates a supernova. ( Their star is bigger than ours). Because the star which have turned into a supernova
Will WillFeb 04, 2013 Which means everytime you fart you move at the same speed as the car?
Description: The car would end up weighing 1,300lbs, and that mean the 9-horsepower and 1,200lb Citroen 2CV was a veritable drag car by comparison. Top speed in these cars was 25mph, and it is frankly impressive t...Add Comments8
A.J. BradyFeb 10, 2013 A+ for Carl, not so for Gabriel.
Carl JohnsonFeb 05, 2013 The "bump" was from 3.5 to 6 horsepower. The car with 9 hp was the Citreon 2CV, a car that was notoriously underpowered. "Witty" comments are funnier when you read close enough to understand the text.
Cian Mac GearailtFeb 05, 2013 I think these figures are with the lighter people that lived in that era driving
Gabriel ScottFeb 05, 2013 From 9 to 6 hunh? Big pump!
Zach GathercoleFeb 04, 2013 I think id be scared to go over 25 in that car
Ashton SummersFeb 04, 2013 Actually my golf cart is faster at 30mph. Has cup holders and Air conditioning too.
David JefferisFeb 04, 2013 The faux-wood dash panel says it all really.
Nick SchneeFeb 04, 2013 Great engineering right there.
David LeeFeb 04, 2013 I can't tell. Are they rusty?
Description: But it would nonetheless be reborn in 1979, when the car's plans were bought by a company called Commuter Vehicles, with the name being changed to the Comuta-Car. This would also be joined by the...Add Comments0
Description: Yet you still hardly ever hear about it from EV proponents, although it's not difficult to see why. It was a glorified golf cart which must have been absolutely miserable to drive in actual traff...Add Comments1
Never heard of it.
oh come on. citicar is cool in it's own way