Listen to “AAH #769 – The EV Slowdown and Lessons From 100 Years Ago” on Spreaker.
When the automobile first came out there was no blueprint for what should provide power to the wheels. There was even a time in the early 1900’s when electric vehicles where the most popular choice. However, not all people wanted to give up their horse-drawn carriages and would criticize those that already had. But can any of the lessons learned from 100+ years ago be applied to what’s happening in the auto industry today?
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Matt Anderson, Curator of Transportation, Henry Ford Museum
Steve Purdy, Author, Mascots in Motion
Gary Vasilash, shinymetalboxes.net
John McElroy, Autoline.tv
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The Jaguar S-Type, which shared Ford’s DEW98 platform with the Lincoln LS and the Ford Thunderbird, was not built at Wixom, but in Birmingham, England (Castle Bromwich Assembly).
Intended as a slight, Top Gear’s James May once said that the S-Type was what Americans thought a Jaguar should look like.