Morris and Salom Electrobats in front of the Old Metropolitan Opera House on Manhattan’s 39th Street in 1898. The Electrobats are electric battery-powered cars that served as early taxis in NYC. [3019×1809]

Its_Happning_Again

Sourced from here. Another picture shows them in use as late as 1908.
Hoffur

With that design, I guess the person is the crumple zone.
Mwright005

Electrobat. Could never find a better name for any company.
AERATED_ROD_GIVER

Incredible picture. How did the electricity work in relation to today’s electric vehicles?
raventacticalmedia

Must of smelled awful but a neat idea for the time
FreudoBaggage

Bring those suckers back! I bet they would be at least as popular as the horse drawn carriages.
BernoulliGetsMeHigh

Imagine if we’d stayed with electric power and hadn’t switched to fossil fuels….

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