The History of Electric Cars will be presented at ClassicAuto Madrid 2018

The electric car is not an invention of our time, as it seems to be current. Its fascinating history, dating from the late nineteenth century, is documented by the journalist and historian Christian Manz in the first two titles, The Pioneers. 160 km / h and 307 km of autonomy (1870-1906) and Silent ...

Henry Ford and the electric car

In my second book of the history of electric cars "Stories of the Electric Car", with the title "Silent and clean - electricity against water and oil" 1905/1936 ", about to leave the printing press, we publish a report entitled Thomas Alda Edison and Henry Ford believe in the electric that speaks of ...

DID YOU KNOW: Spanish King and Queen used electric vehicles

In 1896, Queen Maria Cristina of Habsburg and Lorraine used an electric carriage developed by the Spanish engineer Ramón Gabarró y Julién in London, an elegant carriage carrying batteries weighing only 100 kilograms. Years later, in 1904, King Alfonso XIII was seen using an electric car of the ...

DID YOU KNOW: The Hansom body - with the driver behind

Many electric taxis back in the nineteenth to the twentieth century carried the Hansom body, in which the driver took a seat in the back. It was perfect for lovers! ...

DID YOU KNOW: The origin of Formula E dates from 1896

The first book I wrote about "The History of the Electric Vehicle" called "The Pioneers - 160 km/h and 307 km of range (1870/1906)" is full of surprising information, full of stories about the electric cars, true and contrasted, but sometimes a little bit different to what the general books of ...

Talks with the children

Short but interesting talks about the origin of the electric car and the present time here in the islands with a very attentive and lively audience: children from different schools and clases, aged between 8 and 13 years, frankly the best audience. The vast majority of them are convinced that once ...