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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 890040" data-attributes="member: 12952">Electric the &#039;future?&#039; 115-year-old car begs to differ115-year-old electric car gets same 40 miles to the charge as Chevy Volt

Meet the Roberts electric car.
Built in 1896, it gets a solid 40 miles&nbsp; to the charge — exactly the mileage Chevrolet advertises for the Volt,&nbsp; the highly touted $31,645 electric car General Motors CEO Dan Akerson&nbsp; called “not a step forward, but a leap forward.”
But while the Roberts electric car clearly lacked GPS, power steering&nbsp; and, yes, air bags, the distance it could achieve on a charge, when&nbsp; compared with its modern equivalent, provides a telling example of the&nbsp; slow pace of the electric car. 
The 1896 Roberts was made in Chicago. 
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[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 890040, member: 12952"] Electric the 'future?' 115-year-old car begs to differ [LEFT][COLOR=#000000]115-year-old electric car gets same 40 miles to the charge as Chevy Volt[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][COLOR=#000000]Meet the Roberts electric car. Built in 1896, it gets a solid 40 miles to the charge — exactly the mileage Chevrolet advertises for the Volt, the highly touted $31,645 electric car General Motors CEO Dan Akerson called “not a step forward, but a leap forward.” But while the Roberts electric car clearly lacked GPS, power steering and, yes, air bags, the distance it could achieve on a charge, when compared with its modern equivalent, provides a telling example of the slow pace of the electric car. The 1896 Roberts was made in Chicago. [URL='http://dc-cdn.virtacore.com/2011/10/photo-with-top.jpeg'] [/URL] [/COLOR][/COLOR][/LEFT] [/QUOTE]

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