9

Woman charges her electric car in her garage, USA, 1912 (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyporn@lemmy.world

29 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago

I would love to know the power capacity & range for these cars

[-] Yaky@slrpnk.net 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

The cars were advertised as reliably getting 80 miles (130 km) between battery recharging, although in one test a Detroit Electric ran 211.3 miles (340.1 km) on a single charge. Top speed was only about 20 mph (32 km/h), but this was considered adequate for driving within city or town limits at the time.

[-] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world -1 points 8 months ago

Considering what roads were like at the time, and how far most people were from other things, 80 miles round-trip is plenty.

Heck, that's plenty nowadays for a lot of people.

this post was submitted on 21 Nov 2024

9 points (100.0% liked)

HistoryPorn

7056 readers

31 users here now

`If you would like to become a mod in this community, kindly PM the mod.`

HistoryPorn is for photographs (or, if it can be found, film) of the past, recent or distant! Give us a little snapshot of history!

Rules

Be respectful and inclusive.
No harassment, hate speech, or trolling.
Foster a continuous learning environment.
No genocide or atrocity denialism.

Pictures of old artifacts and museum pieces should go to History Artifacts

Illustrations and paintings should go to History Illustrations

Related Communities:

Forgotten Weapons

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

PugJesus@lemmy.world

PugJesus@kbin.social

PugJesus@lemmy.dbzer0.com

sga@lemmings.world