Robert Anderson was a 19th-century
Scottish inventor, best known for inventing the first crude electric carriage in
Scotland
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around the time of 1832–1839. Robert Anderson was an important person for helping invent the first electric car.
''The Story behind the Horseless Carriage''
article on web site of GM Canada, archived at web.archive.org The carriage was powered by non-rechargeable primary
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power cells.
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*History of the electric vehicle
Practical electric vehicles appeared during the 1890s. An electric vehicle held the vehicular land speed record until around 1900. In the 20th century, the high cost, low top speed, and short-range of battery electric vehicles, compared to int ...
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