by Avrom L.
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March 24, 2007

Photo by Avrom L.

September 15, 2007 01:11 AM UTC (Updated: September 06, 2008 03:29 AM UTC)
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Who said electric cars are a new thing, 1917 Milburn electric. 2007 The Henry Ford Old Car Festival Dearborn Mi September 8-9

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Cristina S. Sep 15, 2007, 10:49am UTC
great-looking car! Ford was friends with Thomas Edison - it figures he would have invented an electric car!
Avrom L. Sep 16, 2007, 9:44pm UTC
This is not a ford. And he did not invent electric cars. Electric cars predate Ford and Edison. the first ones were built by Robert Anderson in 1832. Milburn started making them in 1915
Sam Carana Sep 5, 2008, 11:29pm UTC
Great photo, Avrom!

Here's a picture of Edison with a 1914 Detroit Electric, model 47.

I used that picture as an illustration of my article Reinventing the Wheel and the picture also featured on cover of the book Electric and Hybrid Cars: A History

Cheers! Sam Carana

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