The surprising history of how electric vehicles have played the long game and won
- Written by: Timothy Minchin, Professor of History, La Trobe University
An electric cab drives past the White House in Washington DC in 1905.Wikimedia CommonsElectric vehicles, we are often told, are the future. A whole range of carmakers and nations have plans to go electric.
The largest US manufacturer, General Motors, says it will phase out fossil-fuel vehicles by 2035. Norway has set a goal to end sales of new...
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