Logical Mind
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Ford in its beginning was originally making all his cars electric yet mysteriously the company switched to gasoline instead. He first drove his electric Quadricycle on the streets of Detroit in 1896 and in 1914 work had started on a low-priced electric car. Reports appeared in trade magazines and in newspapers regarding Ford's getting into electric cars and the man himself even confirmed the rumors.
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"Some conspiracy theorists believe the oil cartels got to Ford and Edison and caused them to abandon the project; they offer as evidence the "mysterious" fire that nearly destroyed Edison's workshops in West Orange, New Jersey, in December 1914. Besides the fact that all work on the electric took place in Dearborn , we also see in the coverage of the fire in the December 10, 1914, issue of the New York Times that the fire skirted the two buildings in which any work on the electric car would have taken place. "
"The downfall of the Edison-Ford electric car came about because Ford demanded the use of Edison's nickel-iron batteries in the car, and would have no other battery powering this car. Edison's batteries, however, were found to have very high internal resistance and were thus incapable of powering an electric car under many circumstances. Heavier lead-acid batteries (which would have made the car too ponderous) were substituted behind Henry Ford's back, and when he found out, he went ballistic.
"The program quickly fell to the wayside with other projects demanding Henry Ford's time. Ford invested $1.5 million in the electric-car project and nearly bought 100,000 batteries from Edison before the project fell apart."
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Tesla Motors comes to the rescue.
When it comes to manufacturing advanced electric cars Tesla Motors is the trail blazer with an determination so far unknown to the gas vehicle manufacturing businesses around the planet.
Peoples' health, the environment and Mother Earth, anguished in the face of selfish inclinations from both manufactures and the population, were totally ignored all these years by people purchasing and driving offensive gasoline cars from cold, materialistic manufactures who could not care less.
The manufactures of EVs mostly in Europe, after realizing Musk success, were more than eager to imitate him. China at the beginning, and Japan, out of fear of not being able to sell their gas cars, opted to close their doors to EVS manufacturing thus taking a step backwards in the modern trend of car industry worldwide.
Toyota, for instance, absolutely refuses to build electric, yet China on the other hand had built the world largest EVs manufacturing facilities ever known.
Were both Edison and Ford, by unexpected negative circumstances, forced to abandon their cherished electric car project as some in those days and even today believe?
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"Some conspiracy theorists believe the oil cartels got to Ford and Edison and caused them to abandon the project; they offer as evidence the "mysterious" fire that nearly destroyed Edison's workshops in West Orange, New Jersey, in December 1914. Besides the fact that all work on the electric took place in Dearborn , we also see in the coverage of the fire in the December 10, 1914, issue of the New York Times that the fire skirted the two buildings in which any work on the electric car would have taken place. "
"The downfall of the Edison-Ford electric car came about because Ford demanded the use of Edison's nickel-iron batteries in the car, and would have no other battery powering this car. Edison's batteries, however, were found to have very high internal resistance and were thus incapable of powering an electric car under many circumstances. Heavier lead-acid batteries (which would have made the car too ponderous) were substituted behind Henry Ford's back, and when he found out, he went ballistic.
"The program quickly fell to the wayside with other projects demanding Henry Ford's time. Ford invested $1.5 million in the electric-car project and nearly bought 100,000 batteries from Edison before the project fell apart."
End of quote
Tesla Motors comes to the rescue.
When it comes to manufacturing advanced electric cars Tesla Motors is the trail blazer with an determination so far unknown to the gas vehicle manufacturing businesses around the planet.
Peoples' health, the environment and Mother Earth, anguished in the face of selfish inclinations from both manufactures and the population, were totally ignored all these years by people purchasing and driving offensive gasoline cars from cold, materialistic manufactures who could not care less.
The manufactures of EVs mostly in Europe, after realizing Musk success, were more than eager to imitate him. China at the beginning, and Japan, out of fear of not being able to sell their gas cars, opted to close their doors to EVS manufacturing thus taking a step backwards in the modern trend of car industry worldwide.
Toyota, for instance, absolutely refuses to build electric, yet China on the other hand had built the world largest EVs manufacturing facilities ever known.
Were both Edison and Ford, by unexpected negative circumstances, forced to abandon their cherished electric car project as some in those days and even today believe?
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