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cars that traded explosions for electrons and never looked back.
means vehicles powered by electric motors and batteries instead of internal combustion engines burning fossil fuel.
from actually older than gas cars — early 1900s EVs outsold gasoline models until cheap oil and the electric starter motor killed the trend for a century.
torque deliveryinstant, no gears to wind up first
first golden age1900s, before oil got cheap
main costbattery, not the motor
efficiencyconverts over 85 percent of energy to motion