It’s Electric! The history of electric cars
Forever Ago
American Public Media
4.4 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 28 June 2023
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Electric cars may seem like the latest technology, but they were actually first invented in the late 1880s! So what happened to the electric car? And why aren’t all cars electric today? Buckle your seatbelts and get ready for the ride of a lifetime as Joy and cohost Lilike learn about how the electric car came to be and what the future might hold. Plus, an all new First Things First featuring seatbelts, traffic signals, and windshield wipers. Toot toot! Beep beep!
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| 0:00.0 | Hi friends, it's me Mark. I'm just dropping in to tell you about a virtual party brains on is having Saturday, July 29th |
| 0:07.3 | It's free and you're invited |
| 0:10.2 | Not only are we celebrating our 10th birthday, we're also super excited to share our newest book with you |
| 0:17.1 | It's called meet my micro pets. The book is a fact-filled |
| 0:22.4 | hilarious journey through the weird and wonderful world of microbes. I know I know you're thinking |
| 0:28.7 | But Mark, will there be cool games at this virtual party on July 29th? |
| 0:32.7 | I mean, yeah, only the coolest and before you ask |
| 0:37.5 | There will absolutely be epic stories and yes |
| 0:41.7 | Molly Sandin and I will be there answering as many questions as we can during the whole event |
| 0:47.2 | This is a one-time only live virtual party. You do not want to miss again. It's on Saturday, July 29th |
| 0:55.5 | 11 a.m. Pacific one p.m. Central and two p.m. Eastern had to brains on dot org slash events for a link to sign up |
| 1:04.7 | That's brains on dot org slash events. See you on July 29th |
| 1:15.3 | Okay, I have my water bottle my notepad and my lucky corn on the cob. I think I'm ready to take today's episode |
| 1:23.8 | But where's Joy? She should be picking me up any minute now |
| 1:34.2 | Lilica your ride has arrived joy. Why are you doing driving a neon green school bus? |
| 1:41.4 | And are those flaming white embole painted on the side? This little baby's all mine |
| 1:46.2 | I sold off part of my pet rock collection to buy it. Come on in |
| 1:50.5 | Whoa |
| 1:53.4 | This isn't just any regular school bus. It looks like a podcast studio |
| 2:00.0 | Welcome to the roaming recording Rover trademark pending now forever ago can be wherever I go |
| 2:09.4 | This has been my big-side project the past couple months |
| 2:12.6 | Converting school buses is all the rage now. I watch so many YouTube tutorials. I want a tour |
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