> Each battery weighed around 1.75 tons and could power a bus for just 60 kilometers. Charging took almost 8 hours
But clearly it was the fact that one electric bus company was run by crooks in 1906 that held back electric cars for a century.
But clearly it was the fact that one electric bus company was run by crooks in 1906 that held back electric cars for a century.
Because they measure CO2 emission at the electrical generation point.
Not Tesla's fault Singapore plants are almost 100% natural gas.
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/electric-ca...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_sector_in_Singap...
Basic commericially avaliable electronics were cutting-edge back then.
Sulfuric acid has been manufactured since to 18th century. And you don't need permanent magnets to make a DC motor. And electrical motors were even used to power vehicles before Otto constructed his gasoline engine.
I guess heat engines just were something people were more used to? Going from steam to gasoline seems like a smaller step.