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How motoring sparked into life

Electricity has always been a potentially better source of power than petrol.

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By  Gavin Bennet

Columnist

When was the firstelectric car made? NF

The answer might surprise you. The first electric car was made before the first petrol-powered car, nearly 200 years ago!  It had a top speed of 4 mph and a range of 1.5 miles. 

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