1904 - New York sightseeing buses. - Electric cars of all kinds already existed a hundred years ago and were used everywhere, but no one wanted people to have an economical personal transport with high efficiency, they needed super profits from oil, so the technology did not develop on purpose.

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1904 - New York sightseeing buses. - Electric cars of all kinds already existed a hundred years ago and were used everywhere, but no one wanted people to have an economical personal transport with high efficiency, they needed super profits from oil, so the technology did not develop on purpose. (www.curbsideclassic.com)

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Went to a car museum and saw some approx 100 year old cars that were fully electric, one had a gearless gearbox that could do whatever speed you wanted. Pretty impressive stuff and it is surprising that nothing was developed forward.

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