Any kind of in-depth information on 19th and 20th century electrics was hard to come by not that long ago, requiring a committed effort to to track down old books. I was particularly interested in photos and technical details of the earliest commercially-oriented electrics, from before the electric starter (1911) and Model T (1909).
The earliest electric trucks resembled nothing so much as horseless wagons, perched over large-diameter wheels, with only rudimentary control positions at the front. They moved very slowly by modern standards](https://www.hagerty.com/media/automotive-history/when-electric-cabs-ruled-new-yorks-roads/), but the torque was superb as we’d expect and must surely have exceeded the traction!
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[*A History of Electric Cars* by Nigel Burton, 2013.](https://books.google.com/books?id=mZV8AwAAQBAJ)
Any kind of in-depth information on 19th and 20th century electrics was hard to come by not that long ago, requiring a committed effort to to track down old books. I was particularly interested in photos and technical details of the earliest commercially-oriented electrics, from before the electric starter (1911) and Model T (1909).
The earliest electric trucks resembled nothing so much as horseless wagons, perched over large-diameter wheels, with only rudimentary control positions at the front. They moved very slowly by modern standards](https://www.hagerty.com/media/automotive-history/when-electric-cabs-ruled-new-yorks-roads/), but the torque was superb as we’d expect and must surely have exceeded the traction!
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