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World Service,1 min

Electric cars are over 100 years old

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Electric car advocate Chelsea Sexton reveals how electric cars were more popular in the late 1800s than gasoline cars, especially with women. (Image: Vintage engraving of Garrard Bloomfield's Electric Car. Credit: Getty Images)

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