http://www.sabidur.com The human editor expert Blog and Search Directory. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:06:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.sabidur.com/cars/electric-cars/electric-cars http://www.sabidur.com/cars/electric-cars/electric-cars#comments Wed, 22 Aug 2007 15:18:56 +0000 rrmorant http://www.sabidur.com/cars/electric-cars/electric-cars The first electric cars were built in the early 1880s shortly before internal combustion powered cars appeared. For a period of time electrics were considered superior due to the silent nature of electric motors compared to the very loud noise of the gasoline engine. This supreme advantage was removed with Hiram Percy Maxim’s invention of the muffler in 1897. Thereafter internal combustion powered cars had two critical advantages: 1) long range and 2) high specific energy (far lower weight of petrol fuel versus weight of batteries).

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