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Originally Posted by pikkagtr
Actually electric motors powered locomotives came out first in the 1820s, ICE applications didn't come around until 1860s. Henry ford decided to use the dirty ICE because of the availability of cheap petroleum at the time
But the electric motor using galvanic cell batteries were a few decades ahead of the ICE in terms of technology
The problem with Tesla is the inability for quick charge.
I'll quote James May when he tested the Honda FCX Clarity fuel cell vehicle a few years back:
We've built our lives around the car, the ability to get in drive around a few hundred miles, pull over somewhere and fill up with some type of fuel for 5 minutes and drive some more.
The infrastructures to deliver hydrogen fuel is already there and it will be the fuel of the future.
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You should check the facts regarding the price of gasoline at the turn of the last century (1899 - 1900). Gasoline was not cheap and not readily available. Electricity was far from abundant in most of America in 1900... The "dirty" ICE was the better technology for the same reasons as today... Range and refueling speed. And back in the day, engine exhaust was far cleaner than horse exhaust.