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Megan Barber: Before Tesla: Why everyone wanted an electric car in 1905 (Curbed)
Megan Barber: Before Tesla: Why everyone wanted an electric car in 1905 (Curbed)
By 1900, electric cars were so popular that New York City had a fleet of electric taxis, and electric cars accounted for a third of all vehicles on the road. People liked them because in many ways early electric cars outperformed their gas competitors. Electric cars didn’t have the smell, noise, or vibration found in steam or gasoline cars. They were easier to operate, lacked a manual crank to start, and didn’t require the same difficult-to-change gear system as gas cars. […] When Henry Ford introduced the mass-produced and gas-powered Model T in 1908, it symbolized a death blow to the electric car. By 1912, a gasoline car cost only $650 while the average electric roadster sold for $1,750. In 1912 Charles Kettering also invented the first electric automobile starer. Effectively eliminating the hand crank, Kettering’s invention made the gas-powered auto even more attractive to the same drivers who had preferred electric cars.
·curbed.com·
Megan Barber: Before Tesla: Why everyone wanted an electric car in 1905 (Curbed)
Michael Moss: The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food (NYTimes.com)
Michael Moss: The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food (NYTimes.com)
…a series of small case studies of a handful of characters whose work then, and perspective now, sheds light on how the foods are created and sold to people who, while not powerless, are extremely vulnerable to the intensity of these companies’ industrial formulations and selling campaigns.
·nytimes.com·
Michael Moss: The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food (NYTimes.com)