Chevy Volt Has Same Power as Electric Car From 1896
The Roberts Electric Automobile was built before the advent of mass production, but this little electric car got the same distance as a modern 33,000 dollar Chevy Volt.
From the DailyCaller here:
Meet the Roberts electric car. Built in 1896, it gets a solid 40 miles to the charge — exactly the mileage Chevrolet advertises for the Volt — the much-touted $31,645 electric car General Motors CEO Dan Akerson called “not a step forward, but a leap forward.”
The executives at Chevrolet can rest easy for now. Since the Roberts was constructed in an age before Henry Ford’s mass production, the 115-year-old electric car is one of a kind.
But don’t let the car’s 115 years let you think it isn’t tough: It’s present-day owner, who prefers not to be named, told The Daily Caller it still runs like a charm.
115 years is an awful long time to achieve zero growth in a technology. Know what we havent tried to reinvent? Steam power! Lets use a nuclear cell to generate steam power! Nice and clean, efficient, and long lasting.
