History of EVs—Part One of Two: Clean, Quiet Electric Cars Pre-date Filthy Fossil Fuel Ones
Image courtesy MadeUpInBritain.ukThomas Parker (at center) in his invention the electric car in England, with two colleagues.By Alfred Robert Hogan[This article is adapted and excerpted from Hogan’s forthcoming in-depth biography of Greta Thunberg and the No. 1 climate crisis underlying science.] Elon Musk did not, of course, invent the electric car. But in the early 21st century, his futuristic Teslas have done much to revitalize interest in a green transportation mode that actually dates back