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Thomas Edison secures U.S. patent for electric car, battery

Thomas Edison with the Edison Electric Co.'s EV in 1913 (EDISON INSTITUTE)
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January 19, 2021 04:59 PM

In 1900, Thomas Edison was standing in lower Manhattan waiting to take a ferry back to Jersey City, N.J. The bustling, commercial neighborhood was overrun with horse-drawn carts.

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