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The Stanley Steamer was a steamer it held the 1 mile record. (Steam) not electric. The re-engineering was moving the boiler to the front.





Ron, I concede, you are correct with the regard to the Stanley, I misread that section. However, Baker Car, which still holds the record for most electric vehicles ever built, did have an electric torpedo bodied car capable of 130mph. During the speed run attempt, he achieved 1 mile in 36 seconds, making him the first man to break the Ton in a car, of any type. And this was with a 14 horse electric motor and Edison batteries, so it is entirely conceivable of a high speed electric car, in fact speed and torque have never been an issue with electrics, their sole problem has been range. As for the wireless transmission of electricity, a Tesla coil does transmit electricity quite well. Tesla patented this idea in 1902. As for it not taking off commercially, that is entirely understandable, if such a vehicle did exist. Especially given the lack of understanding of science and electricity back then (let alone now), how many people are going to line up to buy a car that runs by having it's body struck by what appears to be lightning bolts or invisible energy beams back then, no matter how safe they are told it is. Shoot, people are convinced that microwave energy in the microwatt range from cell phones is dangerous, Tesla coils can operate in the Megawatt range.