One of the lots in the forthcoming Barrett-Jackson classic vehicle public sale in Scottsdale, Ariz., is a 1910 Detroit Electric Model D. Detroit Electric was a very popular electric car business in its day, when electric automobiles were more popular than they are now.
Look at old technology
People think that better technology is better than old technology. Advertising businesses and manufacturers love it whenever you think that, because prepared obsolescence is how they get a person's wedding tackle in a vice grip and squeeze until money comes out.
Before the first World War, there were already electric vehicles and some of them had a better electric range than our vehicles do. The Nissan Leaf is considered this good invention, but it is really not.
The Detroit Electric Model D, by Detroit Electric, a subsidiary of the Anderson Electric Car Company, according to the Daily Mail, had a 100-mile range and an example from 1910 is heading for the Barrett-Jackson classic car public sale in Scottsdale, Ariz.
A pretty slow car
When compared to 1900, it seems like we are doing pretty bad, according to CNET. Back then, 28 percent of vehicles on the road were electric. Today, less than one percent is electric. Back then, people had a charger at home they used to charge the battery. The battery was used in electric and fuel cars, and it would power the motor. The vehicles were simpler and quieter than gas-cars back then, so people liked them.
About 20,000 electric vehicles at Detroit Electric were sold between 1907 and 1939, according to the Truth About Automobiles, and they were recommended by Thomas Edison. There were many businesses that made them though.
Just a standard looking car
By contemporary requirements, they didn't look like much, resembling a horse buggy with headlights stuck on the front. They weren't terribly fast either with a top speed of 25 miles per hour, though few passenger vehicles were much faster than that at the time. It had a maximum range of about 100 miles per charge.
In 8 cities, Detroit Electric had a network of charging stations to ease the burden on people, but vehicles were surely a toy for wealthy people at the time. It cost much more than a Nissan would at a Nissan dealer in Everett now. The Detroit Electric Model D cost about $2,400 at the time, according to the Daily Mail. That translates to about $135,000 now.
In 2009, a group in the Netherlands worked with car business Proton to create a Detroit Electric modern version of the automobile. They sold for around $25,000 in China and Europe, but the business does not exist anymore. The Model D in question will sell between $70,000 and $80,000, more than likely.
Look at old technology
People think that better technology is better than old technology. Advertising businesses and manufacturers love it whenever you think that, because prepared obsolescence is how they get a person's wedding tackle in a vice grip and squeeze until money comes out.
Before the first World War, there were already electric vehicles and some of them had a better electric range than our vehicles do. The Nissan Leaf is considered this good invention, but it is really not.
The Detroit Electric Model D, by Detroit Electric, a subsidiary of the Anderson Electric Car Company, according to the Daily Mail, had a 100-mile range and an example from 1910 is heading for the Barrett-Jackson classic car public sale in Scottsdale, Ariz.
A pretty slow car
When compared to 1900, it seems like we are doing pretty bad, according to CNET. Back then, 28 percent of vehicles on the road were electric. Today, less than one percent is electric. Back then, people had a charger at home they used to charge the battery. The battery was used in electric and fuel cars, and it would power the motor. The vehicles were simpler and quieter than gas-cars back then, so people liked them.
About 20,000 electric vehicles at Detroit Electric were sold between 1907 and 1939, according to the Truth About Automobiles, and they were recommended by Thomas Edison. There were many businesses that made them though.
Just a standard looking car
By contemporary requirements, they didn't look like much, resembling a horse buggy with headlights stuck on the front. They weren't terribly fast either with a top speed of 25 miles per hour, though few passenger vehicles were much faster than that at the time. It had a maximum range of about 100 miles per charge.
In 8 cities, Detroit Electric had a network of charging stations to ease the burden on people, but vehicles were surely a toy for wealthy people at the time. It cost much more than a Nissan would at a Nissan dealer in Everett now. The Detroit Electric Model D cost about $2,400 at the time, according to the Daily Mail. That translates to about $135,000 now.
In 2009, a group in the Netherlands worked with car business Proton to create a Detroit Electric modern version of the automobile. They sold for around $25,000 in China and Europe, but the business does not exist anymore. The Model D in question will sell between $70,000 and $80,000, more than likely.
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