One of the lots in the upcoming Barrett-Jackson classic car public sale in Scottsdale, Ariz., is a 1910 Detroit Electric Model D. Detroit Electric was a popular electric vehicle company in its day, when electric cars were more popular than they are now.
Not much of an improvement
Advertising corporations want you to believe that modern technology is significantly better than it was in the past because that is the best way to sell you stuff.
Before the first World War, there were already electric vehicles and some of them had a better electric range than our automobiles do. The Nissan Leaf is recognized as this great invention, but it is really not.
In 2010, there was the Detroit Electric Model D produced by Detroit Electric. According to the Daily Mail, it had a 100-mile range and will be sold in Arizona at a vehicle public sale soon.
Slow vehicle
When compared to 1900, it seems like we are doing pretty bad, according to CNET. Back then, 28 percent of vehicles on the road were electric. Today, less than one percent is electric. Back then, people had a charger at home they used to charge the battery. The battery was used in electric and fuel vehicles, and it would power the motor. The automobiles were simpler and quieter than gas-cars back then, so people liked them.
About 20,000 electric vehicles at Detroit Electric were sold between 1907 and 1939, according to the Truth About Cars, and they were endorsed by Thomas Edison. There were many businesses that made them though.
Slow vehicle
The automobiles were pretty simple and did not do a whole lot. They went 25 miles per hour and looked like a horse buggy with headlights. The nice thing was that they could go 100 miles for every charge.
Vehicles at the time, though, were a prosperous person's toy and the Detroit Electric Model D, according to the Daily Mail, cost about $2,400 at the time, roughly about $135,000, a bit more than one would pay for, say, a brand new Nissan GT-R at a Nissan dealer in Everett, WA., or wherever they have one on the lot. Detroit Electric even had a network of charging stations in 8 cities, where owners could pull in and plug in.
The Model D heading for auction is anticipated to fetch between $70,000 and $80,000. There's even a contemporary version of Detroit Electric, formed by a group from the Netherlands, who formed a joint venture with Malaysian vehicle company Proton in 2009. The plan was to source an electric drivetrain from South Korea, fit them to Proton cars and sell them as Detroit Electric vehicles for around $25,000 per in China, Europe and the United States The business has fizzled since then.
Not much of an improvement
Advertising corporations want you to believe that modern technology is significantly better than it was in the past because that is the best way to sell you stuff.
Before the first World War, there were already electric vehicles and some of them had a better electric range than our automobiles do. The Nissan Leaf is recognized as this great invention, but it is really not.
In 2010, there was the Detroit Electric Model D produced by Detroit Electric. According to the Daily Mail, it had a 100-mile range and will be sold in Arizona at a vehicle public sale soon.
Slow vehicle
When compared to 1900, it seems like we are doing pretty bad, according to CNET. Back then, 28 percent of vehicles on the road were electric. Today, less than one percent is electric. Back then, people had a charger at home they used to charge the battery. The battery was used in electric and fuel vehicles, and it would power the motor. The automobiles were simpler and quieter than gas-cars back then, so people liked them.
About 20,000 electric vehicles at Detroit Electric were sold between 1907 and 1939, according to the Truth About Cars, and they were endorsed by Thomas Edison. There were many businesses that made them though.
Slow vehicle
The automobiles were pretty simple and did not do a whole lot. They went 25 miles per hour and looked like a horse buggy with headlights. The nice thing was that they could go 100 miles for every charge.
Vehicles at the time, though, were a prosperous person's toy and the Detroit Electric Model D, according to the Daily Mail, cost about $2,400 at the time, roughly about $135,000, a bit more than one would pay for, say, a brand new Nissan GT-R at a Nissan dealer in Everett, WA., or wherever they have one on the lot. Detroit Electric even had a network of charging stations in 8 cities, where owners could pull in and plug in.
The Model D heading for auction is anticipated to fetch between $70,000 and $80,000. There's even a contemporary version of Detroit Electric, formed by a group from the Netherlands, who formed a joint venture with Malaysian vehicle company Proton in 2009. The plan was to source an electric drivetrain from South Korea, fit them to Proton cars and sell them as Detroit Electric vehicles for around $25,000 per in China, Europe and the United States The business has fizzled since then.
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