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    The EV thread

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    Electric car from 1910, Detroit Model D, could travel 340 km at a maximum speed of 32 km/h, the usual speed for the time.
    It had a rechargeable lead-acid battery. The Anderson company built 13,000 electric cars between 1907 and 1939.
    The Detroit Electric was sold primarily to drivers and doctors who wanted reliable, immediate starting, without the laborious manual crank starting that was required with early internal combustion engine cars. A subtle sign of this car's design refinement was the first use of curved window glass in a production car, a feature that was expensive and complex to manufacture.
    A car that perhaps could have been the precursor of a different future, but was displaced by gasoline cars

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    The EV thread

    in General Car Chat

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    Did you know that the designers of the UAZ factory worked on cars with electric drive, when not only the "Tesla" but also Elon Musk himself was not even around?
    The first samples were released in the late 50s. The legendary "Bukhanka" has just reached the roads of the country, but has already received an electric modification the UAZ-450EM. The Experimental cars did not have a large power reserve, and they were not allowed on country roads. But they did a great job serving at airfields.
    The next generation appeared in the mid-1970s. The UAZ-451MI, a massive battery pack occupied almost the entire space under the floor. This limited the load capacity - only half a ton, but the car could drive more than 70 kilometers on one charge, at that time it was not bad. And most importantly, the batteries could be charged from any industrial AC line during the driver's lunch.
    Finally, in the early 80s, the UAZ-3801, the most advanced version of the UAZ electric car, came off the assembly line. The power plant became more compact, the load capacity increased to 800 kg, and the speed reached 70 km/h. Inside there were their own "nanotechnologies", for example, a light board with information about the state of the electronic systems. These cars ran a lot on our streets and country roads - a total of 65 copies were produced.
    Of course, today the Soviet "Electrobuhanki" have already left the stage, but the electric impulse created by them continues to operate!

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    The EV thread

    in General Car Chat

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    This is the Lohner-Porsche hybrid horseless carriage built 1900-1905. It had electric motors built into the front hubs and on later models the rear also making it 4WD. It ran a petrol (gas) powered engine genset supplying on board batteries. Developed around 56 hp and had 4 speeds. The 1.8 tons of batteries gave it a total weight of over 4 ton! Around 300 were made in various configurations.
    The engineering was studied by NASA and Boeing when designing the moon buggy. So no, hybrid 4WD isn’t new technology, its been around a long time.

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    Pog’s X1/9

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    Given that very tall gentlemen generally have rather large feet was accidentally mashing two pedals at the same time ever an issue for you? I found the pedals in a Fiat 850 Sport to be too small and close together for comfort. Is the X1/9 similarly handicapped?

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