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Louis Renault driving an Electrobat l, his first electric car

Louis Renault driving Electrobat l, his first electric car 1898

The Electrobat ll was the first commercially available electric vehicle, designed and built by mechanical engineer Henry Morris and chemist Pedro Salom.

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