On: We Could Have Had Electric Cars from the Beginning

[Gibbon1]

I think people tend to forget that before 1900-1940 if you were outside of the city; no electricity.

[munk-a → Gibbon1]

Not everyone has always had access to everything... internet in rural districts used to be rare as well.

I don't think you can really make any sort of meaningful conclusion from this - rural areas tend to lag in this sort of innovation.

[Gibbon1 → munk-a]

Two of my great grandfathers bought cars around 1915. One owned a plantation outside of Memphis. And the other a ranch in California. They didn't have electricity.

Not developed by my comment is in 1920 you didn't 'need' a car in cities. Since you had street cars. In rural/small town America cars were really useful but electric cars were a non starter.

[qroshan → Gibbon1]

and of course charging times, cold weather performance, real range (it's funny how advertising pamphlets are taken on face value as facts)