The First Electric-Car Era
In short: Electric taxis and cars worked city streets in the 1890s, and their fade before petrol owed as much to slow-growing electricity grids as to the machines themselves.
A 1:59 short film in the series “Lost Futures”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: Smithsonian National Museum of American History, “Will electric cars help save the environment?”; Smithsonian National Museum of American History, “1904 Columbia Electric Automobile”; Science Museum (Science Museum Group), Science Museum Blog, “The Surprisingly Old Story Of London’s First Ever Electric Taxi”; U.S. Department of Energy (Energy.gov), “The History of the Electric Car”; National Geographic (National Geographic Partners, LLC), article by Christopher Klein, “The forgotten history of New York’s first electric taxi fleet—in the 1800s”; The Henry Ford (Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation), “detail”; University of Cincinnati, Department of Chemistry (Oesper Collections, Museum Notes by William B. Jensen, July/August 2013), “244. Edison's Ni Battery”; BBC (BBC Future), “The battery invented 120 years before its time”; Nature Energy (Nature Portfolio, Springer Nature), “The role of energy infrastructure in shaping early adoption of electric and gasoline cars”; Johns Hopkins University Press, “The Electric Vehicle”; Project MUSE / Johns Hopkins University Press (summary of Gijs Mom, The Electric Vehicle: Technology and Expectations in the Automobile Age), “Project MUSE - The Electric Vehicle”; Automobile in American Life and Society (University of Michigan–Dearborn), essay by Virginia Scharff, “Women Reject the Electric Car”; Taylor & Francis (Business History journal), “Symbolic consumption, signification and the ‘lockout’ of electric cars, 1885–1914”.
Sources used in this film
- Smithsonian National Museum of American History — Will electric cars help save the environment? · View →
- Smithsonian National Museum of American History — 1904 Columbia Electric Automobile · View →
- Science Museum (Science Museum Group), Science Museum Blog — The Surprisingly Old Story Of London’s First Ever Electric Taxi · View →
- U.S. Department of Energy (Energy.gov) — The History of the Electric Car · View →
- National Geographic (National Geographic Partners, LLC), article by Christopher Klein — The forgotten history of New York’s first electric taxi fleet—in the 1800s · View →
- The Henry Ford (Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation) — detail · View →
- University of Cincinnati, Department of Chemistry (Oesper Collections, Museum Notes by William B. Jensen, July/August 2013) — 244. Edison's Ni Battery · View →
- BBC (BBC Future) — The battery invented 120 years before its time · View →
- Nature Energy (Nature Portfolio, Springer Nature) — The role of energy infrastructure in shaping early adoption of electric and gasoline cars · View →
- Johns Hopkins University Press — The Electric Vehicle · View →
- Project MUSE / Johns Hopkins University Press (summary of Gijs Mom, The Electric Vehicle: Technology and Expectations in the Automobile Age) — Project MUSE - The Electric Vehicle · View →
- Automobile in American Life and Society (University of Michigan–Dearborn), essay by Virginia Scharff — Women Reject the Electric Car · View →
- Taylor & Francis (Business History journal) — Symbolic consumption, signification and the ‘lockout’ of electric cars, 1885–1914 · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: Smithsonian National Museum of American History: Will electric cars help save the environment?
- Also: Smithsonian National Museum of American History: 1904 Columbia Electric Automobile
- Also: Science Museum (Science Museum Group), Science Museum Blog: The Surprisingly Old Story Of London’s First Ever Electric Taxi
- Also: U.S. Department of Energy (Energy.gov): The History of the Electric Car
- Also: National Geographic: The forgotten history of New York’s first electric taxi fleet—in the 1800s
- Also: The Henry Ford (Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation): detail
- Also: University of Cincinnati, Department of Chemistry (Oesper Collections, Museum Notes by William B. Jensen, July/August 20: 244. Edison's Ni Battery
- Also: BBC (BBC Future): The battery invented 120 years before its time
- Also: Nature Energy (Nature Portfolio, Springer Nature): The role of energy infrastructure in shaping early adoption of electric and gasoline cars
- Also: Johns Hopkins University Press: The Electric Vehicle
- Also: Project MUSE / Johns Hopkins University Press (summary of Gijs Mom, The Electric Vehicle: Technology and Expectations in: Project MUSE - The Electric Vehicle
- Also: Automobile in American Life and Society (University of Michigan–Dearborn), essay by Virginia Scharff: Women Reject the Electric Car
- Also: Taylor & Francis (Business History journal): Symbolic consumption, signification and the ‘lockout’ of electric cars, 1885–1914
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