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William Morrison

  • Writer: Andrew J. Bramlett
    Andrew J. Bramlett
  • Nov 18, 2022
  • 1 min read

This automobile was designed by Des Moines chemist William Morrison in 1890 and could travel at fourteen miles per hour. The vehicle was significant as the first American electric car. Morrison is shown in the automobile’s driver seat in this 1896 photograph.



Image: “First Electric Automobile” by the Star and Tribune Company (1896). From the Hennepin County Library

 
 
 

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