While I know that some of the earliest automobiles were electric vehicles, I still did a double-take when I saw references to EVs in this 1918 ad for engine oil. #EV #vintage #advertisements
Very strange looking at pictures of really old EVs. I wouldn't have thought that the late 1800s would have any!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_electric_vehicle#Early_history
You remind me of this short film - 1943, battery swap for electric taxis, Barcelona.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZ-ktYKazEs
Battery swap seems to me a great solution to charge times and battery life.
Perhaps see also electric taxis in NY, in 1895
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUItSK-ez8E
@kyle