There's an old saying that everything old is new again, and this is certainly true with electric cars.

The recent surge in popularity of electric vehicles is technically a resurgence, because believe it or not,

there was a time over a century ago when electric cars were more popular

than cars with internal combustion engines. Learn more about electric cars, their history,

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car wars. The rise, fall fall in resurgence of the electric car by

John Fialka. The resurgence of the electric car in modern life is a tale of

adventurers who bucked the complete dominance of the fossil-fueled car to seek something cleaner, simpler, and cheaper.

Award-winning former Wall Street Journal reporter, John Fialka, documents the early days of the electric car.

From the MIT Caltech race between prototypes in the summer of 1968

to the 1987 victory of the Sun Racing in the world's first race featuring solar-powered cars.

30 years later, the electric car has captured the imagination and pocketbooks of American consumers.

The electric car has steadily gained traction in the U.S. and around the world.

We're watching the start of a trillion dollar world-wide

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