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Electric vehicles for over 130 years - from the beginnings of the Stromer

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Created on November 13, 2019

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V. Christian Manz

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Jamais Contente (1899)

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Even then, electric vehicles were often driven by women, they were easier to operate and were much cleaner than gasoline-powered vehicles: Pope Waverly Electrics, advertisement in McClure's Magazine in 1904

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The "Jamais Contente" of the Belgian Camille Jenatzy; with this vehicle he reached a speed of 105.85 km/h in April 1899

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Thomas Edison (1915)

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Edison's first electric cradle, probably from 1889

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Thomas Edison with his wife on a Baker (1899)

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Three electric cabs in Paris at the Concours des Voitures de Place (1898)

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GfV Berlin Electro O-Bus (1899)

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The first charging station in Berlin, built for the electric buses on the Anhalter Bahnhof-Stettiner Bahnhof route

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Radcliffe Ward's Electrical (1889)

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Lange and Gutzeit electric bus for Neue Busgesellschaft (1899)

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Lohner-Porsche with the new wheel hub engine, one year later awarded the gold medal at the World Exhibition in Paris (1899)

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Lohner Porsche wheel hub motor (1899)

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Kühlstein-Vollmer pretensioning axle (avant-train) (1898)

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Cooling block Vollmer Avant-Train pre-tensioning axle (1899)

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Baker Electric advertisement (1905)

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La Cuadra Victoria Electric from the original catalog (1898)

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The Belgian Pieper from 1899 was one of the first hybrid vehicles to combine two different types of drive (1899)

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Ernst Waldemar Jungner Nickel-cadmium battery (1904)

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Porsche Ferdinand (1905)

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Porsche Lohner Mixte hybrid vehicle (1904)

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Summary

Electric vehicles were invented over 130 years ago, but then almost disappeared from the scene. However, current developments in electric mobility have revived interest in the inventions of these pioneers. This report looks back at the beginnings of electromobility and shows that almost everything had already been invented over 100 years ago.

This article contains the following chapters

Much popularity for the electric car from the end of the 19th century
Horse-drawn carriages with disadvantages
A new century begins
Electric cabs were more popular
Public transport goes electric
Record journeys
Petrol versus electric
Electric car boom
Different concepts compete against each other
Developments in battery technology
Epilogue

Estimated reading time: 11min

Preview (beginning of the article)

The current era is all about electromobility; it is hoped that the mature range of electric vehicles of all kinds, be it cars, vans or buses, will make a major breakthrough. There is a wide range on offer, there is already something for almost all budgets - and the nationwide supply of electric charging stations is probably already largely solved today, and it is set to get even better.Success over 100 years ago Despite the great success of electromobility and its significant influence on our transportation system today and tomorrow, we should not forget that there was a lot to be said for electromobility over 130 years ago. The first hybrid vehicle was created over 120 years ago, Porsche developed the extraordinary wheel hub motor as a solution for future electric vehicles, the Belgian Camille Jenatzy broke through the surprisingly high speed of over 100 km/h - on an electric vehicle - and at the first Berlin International Motor Show in 1899, 22 electric vehicles stood opposite half a dozen gasoline-powered vehicles ...

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