alt Hacker NewsThe EV1 was the first mass-produced electric car to be offered to the public
There were ~30,000 electric cars around at the start of the 20th century, so I’m not sure this holds up.
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nocoiner • yesterday at 1:34 PM
Wasn’t the Model T the first mass-produced automobile? Wouldn’t surprise me if the early 20th century electric cars were basically handbuilt by dozens or even hundreds of different manufacturers.
infecto • yesterday at 1:56 PM
Which of those 30k was mass produced? The model t was seen as the first mass produced vehicle. I think when it obtained that classification it was producing around 200k annually.
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xattt • yesterday at 1:01 PM
^ modern-day, post-war, computerized
Plus according to this the Detroit Electric Sold 13,000 units between 1907 to 1939
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Electric