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The twisting and winding history of electric cars is as complex as the wiring used to make them. Please browse the gallery below for all the images and videos related to the exhibition. Click on an item to see an enlarged image with description or to play the video clip.
Black and white image of a line of automobiles parked in an empty lot, with pine trees and decorative street lamps in the background.
Colour photograph of a tricycle-style convertible vehicle.
Black and white photograph of 12 men, some in military uniforms, standing on and around a very large angular armoured vehicle in a forest.
Colour photograph of a 1940s-style light truck, with a Japanese license plate and a hood ornament reading “TAMA”
Colour ad of a passenger car decorated with lightning-bolt insignia. Headline reads “HENNEY KILOWATT / THE NEW ELECTRIC AUTOMOBILE!”
Colour ad showing roadster, convertible and station wagon bodies for an electric car. Headline reads “NIC-L-SILVER ELECTRIC CAR”
A 1960s sports car on a winding test track.
Diagram showing the complicated battery, motor and cooling system of an electric car.
Black and white photograph of a model in early 20th-century dress posed in the door of a vintage electric car.
A boxy vehicle being driven through an outdoor exhibition space, with passers-by watching in the background.
A small, bulbous vehicle parked in front of a crowd of men in business suits.
Black and white photograph of a car with a Japanese license plate with its hood open. Its engine compartment is packed full of hundreds of rectangular battery cells.
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