http://getchabug.com/Jon/blog Life in Portland Oregon as a Software Developer Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:17:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://getchabug.com/Jon/blog/2007/10/05/they-had-electric-cars-in-1909/ http://getchabug.com/Jon/blog/2007/10/05/they-had-electric-cars-in-1909/#comments Fri, 05 Oct 2007 21:28:19 +0000 Jon http://www.getchabug.com/Jon/blog/archives/2007/10/05/they-had-electric-cars-in-1909/ Jay Leno shows that there were electric cars in 1909, that were functional, and were similar in many ways to modern electric cars. I still can’t believe that the major manufacturers aren’t selling electric only cars. I’d like to have an electric car. Public transportation isn’t a possibility to replace my commute. An electric car with a ~100 mile range would be perfect to get me to and from work. Why aren’t electric cars available?

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