In article >, Tim M. wrote:
>On Sep 16, 4:01*am, Chuck > wrote:
>> On 9/15/2010 11:18 PM, Chris D'Agnolo wrote:
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>> > "Chuck" > wrote in message
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>> >> On 8/30/2010 7:42 AM, sara wrote:
>> >>> Advantages of an Electric Car
>> >>>http://www.greenautomotive.co.cc/201...ctric-car.html
>> >> Long ago and far away (before WWII) my father and his friends often
>> >> rode to high school in an old electric car. One of his classmates
>> >> family business was making car and industrial batteries, and
>> >> naturally, he had one of the old electric cars that was handed down.
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>> > Chuck, do you have any old pictures of it? That would be cool to see the
>> > style of the time!
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>> I had seen a poor picture of it in the early 50's, when I was still in
>> elementary school. It looked much like many early cars, with a high
>> rectangular top, flat glass on the front, with a hinged section, and a
>> sloped front. The steering was with a handle instead of a wheel.
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>A tiller, I think they called them.

Correct.

There were quite a number of electric car makers in the USA
from 1900-1930:
<http://www.american-automobiles.com/Electric-Automobile-Manufacturers.html>
Many were not much more than horse buggies with electric motors and
a tiller for steering. Hence the term "horseless carriage."

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