Electric vehicles: Quick Facts

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Electric vehicles

Lunar Roving Vehicles were all-electric.

A red Toyota Prius hybrid car driving on a road with blurred mountains and sky in the background.

1888 Flocken Elektrowagen.

Newspaper clipping from the Ventura Free Press.

1921-22 Detroit Electric car.

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