{"id":12944,"date":"2015-11-19t18:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-19t18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dpetrov.2create.studio\/planet\/wordpress\/throwback-thursday-electric-car-set-speed-record-in-1901\/"},"modified":"2023-02-28t18:43:39","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28t18:43:39","slug":"throwback-thursday-electric-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/throwback-thursday-electric-cars\/","title":{"rendered":"throwback thursday: electric car set speed record \u2014 in 1901"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>sure, electric and hybrid powered cars have been growing in popularity since the early 1990s. but electric cars have been around much longer than you might think.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\">in 1901, 115 years ago&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/riker-torpedo-racer-sets-the-world-speed-record-for-electric-cars\" style=\"line-height: 20.8px;\">this week<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\">,&nbsp;andrew <\/span>riker&#8217;s<span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\"> electric powered race car broke records as the fastest electric car of its time. reaching speeds of 57 miles per hour, the \u201ctorpedo racer\u201d wasn&#8217;t the first <\/span>riker<span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\"> machine to win a race. in 1896, a <\/span>riker<span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\"> car also won the&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/electric-car-wins-the-first-auto-race-in-the-united-states\" style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\">first official u.s. automobile race<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\">.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\">in the early 1900s, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.energy.gov\/articles\/history-electric-car\">electric cars made up&nbsp;a third<\/a> of all the non-horse-driven transportation. <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 20.8px;\">as more people gained access to electricity, t<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\">heir popularity was on the upswing \u2014 that is, until ford&#8217;s&nbsp;model t was introduced in 1908.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>before the release of the model t, cars varied widely between steam, gas and electric power. however, the model t was much cheaper to make than the standard electric car \u2014 $650 vs. $1750 in 1912, according to energy.gov. this, as well as improved road systems and cheap&nbsp;fuel, resulted in&nbsp;gasoline powered automobiles dominating the market for the better part of the century. the late 1960s to early&nbsp;1970s brought us a gas shortage, prompting congress to pass the <span style=\"color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;\">electric and hybrid vehicle research, development, and demonstration act of 1976<\/span>. but it wasn&#8217;t until the clean air act of 1990 and the energy policy act of 1992 that interest in electric vehicles truly was&nbsp;revived.<\/p>\n<p>despite the renewed demand for electric cars in the decades following the environmentally conscious acts of the early &#8217;90s, the auto industry struggled to create electric cars on par with the current gas-powered models. unfortunately, the costs outweighed the expected profits and many attempts were scrapped, inspiring the 2006 documentary \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/who-killed-the-electric-car-debuts\">who killed the electric car<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>despite the problems with electric cars, including a lack of infrastructure for long&nbsp;trips,&nbsp;the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.energy.gov\/articles\/history-electric-car\">demand for cleaner vehicles<\/a> only grew stronger. because of this, the first widely sold electric vehicle was actually the toyota prius, a hybrid car. released in 1997, the prius was the first mass produced&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.afdc.energy.gov\/vehicles\/electric_basics_hev.html\">hybrid electric automobile<\/a>, running on both conventional gas and an electrically charged battery. the prius has since sold so well that the market for hybrid and electric cars has only grown since it&#8217;s release.<\/p>\n<p>it&#8217;s certainly evident in the current pricing of cars. despite the difference in price between the average electric car and the model t back in 1908, the gap has narrowed since the release of the prius. the price for an electric vehicle can range from&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.greencarreports.com\/news\/1080871_electric-car-price-guide-every-2012-2013-plug-in-car-with-specs\">$23,000 to $35,000<\/a>, while the average gas-powered vehicle falls within the high side of that bracket at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/cars\/2015\/05\/04\/new-car-transaction-price-3-kbb-kelley-blue-book\/26690191\/\">$33,500<\/a>. further, the u.s. government&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fueleconomy.gov\/feg\/taxevb.shtml\">offers a rebate<\/a>&nbsp;(<span style=\"line-height: 20.8px;\">though there is a cap on&nbsp;the number of rebates offered per model)<\/span> to those who buy electric cars purchased in or after 2010, driving the price even lower.<\/p>\n<p>though the sustainability and efficiency of electric cars was neglected for more than&nbsp;60 years, the market has returned full force. as auto companies sell more electric cars, they will build more to meet demand and the market will only keep growing. a cleaner future with fewer gas-based&nbsp;engines on the road is certainly on the horizon.<\/p>\n<p><em>(image at top: facebook has an area in the parking lot at their menlo park, calif., headquarters with electric vehicle charging stations. photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jikatu\/22352340562\">jimmy baikovicius<\/a>&nbsp;\/ creative commons)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"line-height: 20.8px;\">sure, electric and hybrid powered cars have been growing in popularity since the early&nbsp;<\/span>1990s<span style=\"line-height: 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