History: Electric Cars: The Golden Age
During the early 1900s, there was a golden age of electric cars, when they made up more than one-third of car sales in the U.S.
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Analysis: Lack of Model Choices Hampers Plug-in Sales
If the most popular type of cars aren’t available in plug-in versions, that becomes a major factor organically reducing their market appeal and plug-in sales.