Replica of 1st electric car drives through Paris to mark 140 years
April 21, 2021 / 10:25 AM
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Sharjah24 – Reuters: Parisians may have spotted an unusual sight as a replica of a 140 year-old electric car drove through the streets of France's capital on Sunday.
This is what an electric car looked like 140 years ago. It's regarded as the first viable, battery-powered electric vehicle. This replica of the 1881 car was commissioned for the anniversary
Commenting on this, Catherine Griffin, Curator at British Motor Museum,says: "The history of electric vehicles is really rooted a lot further back than people realize. So I think it's really great to have a celebration 140 years on that shows that this technology was around and did exist and was actually adopted quite widely back at the start."
Catherine Griffin added, "So, Gustave Trouve, when he combined and electric motor, a rechargeable battery and a cycle very similar to this one; that would be one of the earliest if the not the earliest electric vehicle to be seen on the roads."
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