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German Museum Recreates the World's Oldest Electric CarEmployees at the Autovision Museum in Germany weren't content just staring at the historic plans for the<strong> world's first electric vehicle</strong>, they wanted to actually ride in it! So they recreated the fabled three-wheeled automobile, in detail, from the ground up and took it for a spin. The ET (electric tricycle) was created in 1880, five years before Karl Benz is credited for inventing the modern automobile. If the inventors of the Starley Tricycle, William Ayrton and John Perry, had only shouted about their vehicle from the rooftops, we might not be in gas-guzzling the mess we're in now! Video of the tricycle in action after the jump.1
German Museum Recreates the World's Oldest Electric CarEmployees at the Autovision Museum in Germany weren't content just staring at the historic plans for the<strong> world's first electric vehicle</strong>, they wanted to actually ride in it! So they recreated the fabled three-wheeled automobile, in detail, from the ground up and took it for a spin. The ET (electric tricycle) was created in 1880, five years before Karl Benz is credited for inventing the modern automobile. If the inventors of the Starley Tricycle, William Ayrton and John Perry, had only shouted about their vehicle from the rooftops, we might not be in gas-guzzling the mess we're in now! Video of the tricycle in action after the jump.2
German Museum Recreates the World's Oldest Electric CarEmployees at the Autovision Museum in Germany weren't content just staring at the historic plans for the<strong> world's first electric vehicle</strong>, they wanted to actually ride in it! So they recreated the fabled three-wheeled automobile, in detail, from the ground up and took it for a spin. The ET (electric tricycle) was created in 1880, five years before Karl Benz is credited for inventing the modern automobile. If the inventors of the Starley Tricycle, William Ayrton and John Perry, had only shouted about their vehicle from the rooftops, we might not be in gas-guzzling the mess we're in now! Video of the tricycle in action after the jump.3
German Museum Recreates the World's Oldest Electric CarEmployees at the Autovision Museum in Germany weren't content just staring at the historic plans for the<strong> world's first electric vehicle</strong>, they wanted to actually ride in it! So they recreated the fabled three-wheeled automobile, in detail, from the ground up and took it for a spin. The ET (electric tricycle) was created in 1880, five years before Karl Benz is credited for inventing the modern automobile. If the inventors of the Starley Tricycle, William Ayrton and John Perry, had only shouted about their vehicle from the rooftops, we might not be in gas-guzzling the mess we're in now! Video of the tricycle in action after the jump.4
