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Woman charges her electric car in her garage, USA, 1912 (lemmy.world)
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[–] frezik@midwest.social 3 points 8 months ago

Sorta. This thing was basically a horse carriage with an electric motor. If you build it light and don't expect it to go much faster than a horse at a trot, then yes, you can have a perfectly functional electric car with decent range way back then.