Electric vehicles seem like a new invention, but these fascinating photos from over 100 years ago show that EVs existed long before Elon Musk and Tesla.
In fact, it was another famous businessman and inventor of the lightbulb Thomas Edison who patented the “electric automobile,” which he built three of in 1912. However, the car never went into production.
Edison’s alkaline battery-powered car was not the first attempted electric vehicle, the first full-sized EV trundled out 200 years ago in 1832.
