Electric cars have been around over a hundred years now!

Check it out. Some early prominent models: The Electrobat (1894), Waverley Electric (1901), Studebaker Electric 13a (1909), Milburn Electric (1919)

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2021/05/a-brief-look-at-electric-vehicles-from-the-dawn-of-the-automobile-age/

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