Batteries being shit is the reason electric cars haven’t been a thing.
Even now lipo batteries at best are 40x less energy dense than gasoline.
People really don’t understand how critical energy density is. It’s the reason hydrogen is a pipe dream, a 60 gallon tank of hydrogen is equivalent to a 5 gallon gasoline tank.
They were still selling into the 30s, marketed primarily towards women (“less maintenance, no gasoline needed”, etc). The Depression really killed off the environment that allowed many people to own multiple cars, and those little electric city cars were the first to go because you needed something that was big and could actually carry your kids and your dog and your belongings and whatever else.
The very first cars were electric, but since batteries were shit back then, steam and ice engines took over.
Batteries being shit is the reason electric cars haven’t been a thing.
Even now lipo batteries at best are 40x less energy dense than gasoline.
People really don’t understand how critical energy density is. It’s the reason hydrogen is a pipe dream, a 60 gallon tank of hydrogen is equivalent to a 5 gallon gasoline tank.
F***, I’m pretty tired. For a moment I thought you meant actual Frozen water.
They were still selling into the 30s, marketed primarily towards women (“less maintenance, no gasoline needed”, etc). The Depression really killed off the environment that allowed many people to own multiple cars, and those little electric city cars were the first to go because you needed something that was big and could actually carry your kids and your dog and your belongings and whatever else.