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Foppe 11/01/23 3:51:47 AM #25:	indica posted... An electric vehicle held the vehicular land speed record in 1900. Andrew L Riker managed to achieve a speed of 46,47km/h, thereby beating his petrol counterparts. The first crude electric cars were vying for market share with horses and buggies from 1828 until well into the 1920s. Thomas Edison himself took an interest in early electric car batteries. While only one out of every 250 cars are powered by electricity today, in 1900 38% of cars on the road were electric, while 40% were powered by steam. In 1899, 90% of the taxis in New York were electric cars --- GameFAQs isn't going to be merged in with GameSpot or any other site. We're not going to strip out the soul of the site. -CJayC <cite>Foppe posted [p:976970104] in Random Int... [t:80590177]...</cite> <quote>indica posted... </cite><quote>An electric vehicle held the vehicular land speed record in 1900. Andrew L Riker managed to achieve a speed of 46,47km/h, thereby beating his petrol counterparts. The first crude electric cars were vying for market share with horses and buggies from 1828 until well into the 1920s. Thomas Edison himself took an interest in early electric car batteries. While only one out of every 250 cars are powered by electricity today, in 1900 38% of cars on the road were electric, while 40% were powered by steam.</quote>In 1899, 90% of the taxis in New York were electric cars --- GameFAQs isn't going to be merged in with GameSpot or any other site. We're not going to strip out the soul of the site. -CJayC</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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