4.5 Advantages of Electric Powered Cars

• The advantages of electric cars over their competitors in the early 1900s were:

• No vibration, smell or noise associated with petrol powered cars.

• Electric cars did not require gear changes. At that time gear changing in petrol powered cars was very difficult.

• Electric cars started promptly unlike steam cars, which on cold days, took up to 45 minutes.

• The range of the electric powered car (on a single charge) was greater than that of the steam car because the steam car needed to be refilled with water.