Green Options » riker torpedo http://greenoptions.com/tag/riker-torpedo Posts tagged 'riker torpedo' Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:07:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en 9 Electric Cars 100 Years Old or More http://gas2.org/2009/04/19/9-electric-cars-100-years-old-or-more/ http://gas2.org/2009/04/19/9-electric-cars-100-years-old-or-more/#comments Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:07:00 +0000 Jake Richardson http://gas2.org/2009/04/19/9-electric-cars-100-years-old-or-more/ 1891 Morrison

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Made by William Morrison in 1891, some say the Morrison was the first electric vehicle in America. It had a four horsepower engine , and could carry 6-12 passengers. Top speed was about 20 mph. The batteries needed to be recharged every 50 miles.

It has been said the car was actually completed in 1887 and was driven in a Des Moines parade in 1888. If that is true, the Morrison was first built 122 years ago, and it was built in America, where today they are almost no electric cars on the roads.

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