https://todayincthistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/May-13-TodayinCTHist-.mp3 Today in 1897, outside his factory in Hartford, successful bicycle manufacturer Albert Augustus Pope unveiled what he considered to be the future of the automobile industry: the battery-powered Columbia Motor Carriage. It was the first demonstration of a mass-produced electric car in American history.
A photocopy of the May 14, 1897 coverage of the Columbia Moto…
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