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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.
Colour photograph of a car pulling out of an Exxon gas station. A sign in front of the station reads “WE WAX CARS / NO GAS”
Black and white photograph of a geodesic dome structure, with several electric cars parked out front and a train visible in the background. Signage reads “ELECTRIC CARS / Can save you money / SAVE OUR COUNTRY’S ENERGY!”
A very small two-seater electric car is plugged in at a curbside charging station, with gardens in the background. A woman is standing behind the car, looking at the camera.
Black and white photograph of a smiling woman leaning out the driver’s seat of a compact station wagon. Writing on the side of the vehicle reads “Detroit Edison / Experimental Electric Car.”
Colour photograph of an electric car painted in stylized lightning-bolt patterns. Writing on the door reads “Electrovette”
A company logo; a stylized letter M resembling a lighting bolt. Text reads MARATHON ELECTRIC CAR LTD.
Two smiling women stand in the doors of a convertible two-seater electric truck.
Colour photograph of three men in coats gathered around an electric car in snowy countryside.
Several unusually-shaped vehicles are parked at the start line of a crowded racetrack, surrounded by crew and technicians. Overlaid text reads “START / RACE DAY / 3047 km to go…”
Colour photograph of a low-slung, streamlined solar car. Text on the side reads “GM SUNRAYCER / PENTAX WORLD SOLAR CHALLENGE”
Colour photograph of a sleek electric car in a desert environment. A title in stylized font reads “Impact”
Rear shot of an electric car parked in the middle of the road, surrounded by a crowd of hundreds of electric appliances. Text reads “EV1 / From General Motors.”
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