| Electrically operated automobiles are amongst the | | | | Netherlands, helped his assistant Christopher |
| earliest vehicles, and are more energy efficient | | | | Becker design and build the first small electric car. |
| than all the conventional vehicles that use ICE | | | | The antique Ohio electric car is a vintage car now. |
| (internal combustion engine) technology. | | | | The Ohio Electric Car Company produced electric |
| Fortunately, for us the electric car doesn't | | | | cars, which were mainly bought by rich customers |
| produce any exhaust fumes, and causes minimal | | | | during the late 1800s and early part of 1900s. |
| or no pollution even if it charges from most | | | | Electric vehicles were also produced by Edison, |
| renewable forms of energy. Besides this, these | | | | Anthony, Bakers and others during the early |
| 'green' or 'hybrid' cars are capable of reducing our | | | | 1900s and even out-sold the conventional vehicles |
| dependence on traditional fuels, while helping to | | | | for some time! But due to technological limitations, |
| mitigate global warming by providing relief from | | | | besides other factors, these vehicles were limited |
| the greenhouse effect. | | | | to a maximum speed of 32 km/hr. |
| Electric cars are among the earliest automobiles, | | | | However, in 1913, Cadillac introduced the electric |
| more so since electric vehicles predate petroleum | | | | starter car, the sales of electric cars experienced |
| and diesel cars. It's believed that a Scottish | | | | a down slide and soon antique Ohio electric cars |
| businessman, Robert Anderson invented the first | | | | became just that, antiques. Now, electric cars are |
| proto type electric coach somewhere around | | | | more popular than they have ever been with the |
| 1832-1839. However, it was the year 1835, that | | | | fear of global warming and the increasing cost of |
| Professor Sibrandus Stratingh of Groningen, | | | | gas. |