The Detroit electric car was produced from 1907 to 1938 by the Anderson Carriage Co. (1907-1910), then the Anderson Electric Car Co. (1911-1918) and finally the Detroit Electric Car Co (1919-1938), all of them being located in Detroit. The 31-year span of production makes this one of the longest-lived electric cars being produced, and it was one of the more popular makes of electric cars in the U.S. While more than 1,000 vehicles per year were produced some years prior to 1914, production fell off after that and dramatically into the 1920′s. During the 1930′s production was on an as-ordered basis only, and very few Detroit electrics were produced after 1935, although orders were apparently accepted until 1942.Stepping from the past and back into the future, we see that Toyota and CalCars may have changed current (hee-hee), public perception. Toyota has demonstrated that a market exists for well-made hybrid electric vehicles and CalCars has demonstrated that a well-made HEV can become a well-made PHEV. (“It ain’t electric if you can’t plug it in.”)
There is a 1914 and a 1922 Detroit Electric in the holdings of the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn MI. The 1914 Detroit in the collection was that of Mrs. Ford. While she always had a personal vehicle from the time Ford was mass-producing vehicles, she never drove a Ford, only electrics. Stories of the period indicate she felt gasoline was too dangerous.
Besides increasing oil prices, the advent of Li ion batteries may be an additional force that is driving escalated, fuel cell development. Since Lithium batteries recharge rapidly, an unanswered question is whether fuel cells will be needed by the time they get to market?
And, in the future will we see lithium cartels just as today there are oil cartels?
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