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1907-Founded Detroit Electric Gets Second Life

Guest Contributor — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 21:01:39 +0000

Not all success stories unfold quickly, and some can last for over a century. The story of the original developer of the electric car may be a good example. Having been started in 1907, Detroit Electric sold 13.000 electric vehicles between its inception and 1939. While the company did shut down sometime after 1942, it […]

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Detroit Electric SP:01 – The Fastest Production Electric Vehicle

Benji Jerew — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:35:33 +0000

Detroit Electric has roots going back to the 1900s, and has just awoken from a long 80-year nap to reveal the fastest production electric vehicle, the Detroit Electric SP:01. Given the finicky market for electric vehicles, it seems that Detroit Electric did well in taking a long nap. A few other companies have tried to […]

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Detroit Electric to Produce an Electric Lotus Elise In 2014, Didn’t Someone Do That Already?

Benji Jerew — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 23:47:57 +0000

Mention Detroit Electric and prepare to dust off your memories because, like Rip Van Winkle of old, it just woke up after better than seventy years. Between 1907 and 1939, Detroit Electric built over 10,000 electric vehicles, and then took a nap. Do electric car companies dream? If they do, do they dream of superchargers? […]

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