At the end of the 1800s, more than a third of all US motorists drove electric vehicles.
Even Henry Ford’s wife, Clara Jane Bryant, drove an electric car while Ford was working for Thomas Edison, who, on paper, was busy trying to set up an industry for electric vehicles. The New York Times even heralded Edison as the man who would rid the roads of horses thanks to his battery invention.
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