Re: “Electric vehicles died a century ago. Could that happen again?” (June 2, Enterprise):
I loved the article about Jay Leno’s 1909 Baker Electrical very a lot. I significantly famous the remark, “Most individuals alive as we speak have by no means seen one.” Nicely, I’ve.
I’m 86 years previous and as a really younger woman I bear in mind an electrical car being pushed across the streets of Bloomsburg, Pa. It was owned by two sisters, the daughters of the proprietor of the native silk mill. It regarded like a phone sales space on wheels and had a tiller-like contraption for steering as an alternative of a steering wheel. It was very tall for, as was talked about within the article, there needed to be room for his or her hats. I assumed it was very thrilling as a result of they regarded so comfy and drove round sitting straight and tall and with nice confidence.
Thanks for the recollections and due to Jay Leno for preserving them.
Linell Arbuckle, Federal Method
