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Thanks for bringing us a very interesting history clip,the speed controller is kinda like a locomotive unit. The fully enclosed cabin would be treasured in the windy city winter.

Awesome video.🙂 ⚡️ 20:25

Or they could just paint the Amazon/Rivan van white and call it a day.

There's a lot of good solid facts debunking a lot of disinfo here. One thing I'd add is the reason the post office doesn't go by EPA "City" numbers is because they know their own typical duty cycle and can replicate it, and with all its' stops and starts it returns a much lower number than the commuter-oriented EPA cycle.

One thing Detroit is good at is preserving old architecture. This electric car verify's the proverb, "There is nothing new under the sun"

The 80% rule is outdated. It has been debunked many times by GM and tesla. They build in the extra room that we as consumers can't see, so the battery doesn't degrade.

Does anyone know why the electric vehicles, lawnmowers, motorcycles all went away? They didn't work. That should tell you all you need to know about bidonomics! Some ideas are fantastic, ...... just impossible and not practical. Takes an idiot to force this on a population .... insane!

I’ll be interested to see what the range and efficiency numbers look like after a year of being run like that. I think that will give a good indication of how well these trucks can compete with their diesel counterparts

In the mean time, Deisel trucks can travel up to 4 times the distance before needing to refuel. On average of 1500 to 2000 miles of range.

Electric cars should stay in the past where they belong..........

Wow. We reckon today we are on to it....I want one

If you could explain how this won over the Workhorse model, I'd greatly appreciate it.

The EV market has imploded, it won't be the future.The "future" is going back to gas, with every delay and cancellation of proposed new EV's currently happening, and even the manufacturer of the charging stations has gone into bankruptcy, from what I've heard and read. The EV's are too expensive and inconvenient, and even downright dangerous to life and property. History is repeating itself, EV's failed in the market 100 years ago, gas won the automotive consumer then, and it is again.

Eisenhower's mother had one. Or he had one he gave her a ride in.

I love how the speedo goes casually to 80 mph (ca. 129 km/h)

by the time this gets deployed, world will have moved on to paperless altogether. and other quick decision making private parcel delivery services will have made profit on the sunken taxes wasted on this. loved the acronym thing.

Back then, an EV was a rich man's toy, and was superseded by better ICE vehicles. Is history about to repeat itself?

this pisses me off. if we had electric cars 100+ YEARS AGO why are they only just NOW catching on as the norm.

Absolutely fascinating 🙏

I’ve seen rumors that the Tesla semis were burning thru & replacing battery packs on a regular basis. Any news about this?

Sorry RV not TV

I’m re subscriber love ur show Can y plz evaluate all electric tv vans like grounded2, possible lightening motors battery size large enough for ford van modified version to get 250-300 miles like grounded2, or via motors Michigan could offer similar tv platform?

おそらく今から 10 年後、メキシコは米国の他の場所よりも近代的になっているでしょう。 悲しい。

To move heavyweight work. Heavy machinery. Hydrogen fuel is the way to go with fuel cell. Or an ice motor

How much load was Tesla with it 10000 pounds? 40000 pounds that's a question I don't know. Did you answer that. You also stayed 50 miles or plus on the highway. What trucks go 55 on the highway? Everyone's doing 75 to 80 on the highway. If not, you're gonna get run over. Why is tesla only produced about fifty trucks when they said they'd have about fifty thousand by now

Usps is so far behind they didnt even consider electrifying? 🤦 Gald some one stepped in

Great video and research

dumb questions but given they are showing these in the US, does this mean the US market will get these?

that opening made me LOL

Detroit electric led and it mattered.

Be nice to have a automobile with character, modern safety regs won't allow for the sitting room design.

Biden just broke the American dream to own a chinese car😂😂😂😂 Americans will be jealous about the neighboring Mexican for their dream Chinese cars😂😂😂😂

Nice video. At the 1:55 min mark, I was heavily imvolved with restoring that very 1912 Detroit Electric. Family member owned it. Rack of 6 volt lead acid batteries both front and rear, wired in series. Tiller steering, vis a vis seating, surrey top, patent leather fenders. The steel chassis holds a massive 'shunt' motor. It has a vintage but non factory mechanical 6 or 8 quadrant contact switch for varying speed. Under the driver seat is a hidden panel. Lift that and exposed is a modern speed controller made by Curtis. The vintage quadrant contact switch is wired to that modern controller. To vent the heat from the hidden controller, its ventilation draws air from drilled holes in a wood side, exits to the underside, all done by a silent PC fan. The shunt wound motor is not like a conventional electric motor with high RPM. Its a direct armature to a shaft to the input of the rear differential. Loads of torque. Band brake at the output shaft. Scary with all its mass and especially in descents. We completed the Minnesota London to New Brighton antique car run. Also towed a trailer battery helper pack to obtain the distance for the event, but even so it required a short charge to make the finish. The body is wood structure with hand formed aluminum panel. Ornate lamps, various nickel plated antique accessories, handles. Cast aluminum step plates. Originally ran with city wheels, artillery non pneumatic with wooden spoke (visualize wagon wheels). Fine for general use and smoother road however the weight and friction created great heat and was risky on hot pavement and distance. Its pictured here with a change to the pneumatic with essentially Ford T wheels. Incorrect and smaller diameter than original but more practical for todays hobby show and drives. The depiction in this vid appears when it was later sold and went to a museum/ seller in St. Louis. Edit to add further info about the bodies. The Detroit Electric of that timeline had the fully enclosed body for colder seasons. It would be unbolted and lifted off and the open seating arrangement was used for warm seasonal use.

"Just Think?" this may be the first not "horse" powered transportation these people ever had? and it was Nice, and Easy! for the day.

Why aren't they giving running weights ie size of load carried and gross weight

And yet in 2024 the eV industry is faltering again, the ice is here to stay for the rest of this century. Practically is the deciding factor for common sense oriented folks. Tesla advertises 350+ miles per full charge in reality 202-208 miles on a full charge, no competition for the ice miracle. eVs r megawatt blood suckers, no amount of sugar coating is a substitute for a proven, safe, reliable and affordable ice miracle. I have enough tree hugger friends that bought Tesla and within 6 months span they couldn’t turn them in fast enough. After the rebates incentives wears down, common sense sets in. Always.

Hey Ho! This writer, also an EV owner/historian; finds this video 'top shelf'. The charger locations in 1919 Detroit are just ONE prize of this video. This will go into this writers collection of 'go to' for facts, data, and information--for the non EV curious who ask--and for the 'gas car or YOU die' crowd I too often see. To "Mike the Car--" how about a video on the hundreds of EV taxis in New York City, circa 1919?

Very interesting video. I wonder if anyone has thought about retrofitting one of these early electric cars to use modern electric car batteries? I bet they'd run for miles and miles.

So much to learn about the history of the wonderful Detroit Electric automobile.

I find it hilarious that the top speed for the Stanly is "Faster". It goes faster, and that's all you need to know.

Not once they have to pay the full price for it.

Electric will only be fully accepted just before we go back to horses and mules. Thomas Edison recommended gas to Henry Ford even though he manufactured and sold commercial grade batteries made in West Orange, New Jersey.

Such a cool car.... I wonder if anyone has tried to put moden Lithium batteries in them? Less weight.. MUCH more energy density.. the Range would be really high.

Nicad or lithium. To day maby??

I would have to change the motor out to keep up with times, to free electric energy antigravity motors, because who needs batteries to much weight

The most powerful engine is the starter it has to overcome the gas engine to start .

The SoC data being published is almost certainly the "useable" SoC after the BMS calibration limits have been applied ie when the data says the truck is charged to 100% the battery cells are NOT actually at their peak voltage, merely that the battery has been charged to the level which the manufacturer has selected. Typically for an HGV application there will be something between 10 and 15% buffer capacity that is not "useable" at least not when the battery has a 100% SoH.

Electric semi are stupid. Done.

I liked Jay Leno's video on his Detroit electric too . We get a extra little more interesting history in this video .

The mistake competing against Tesla was in making a sporty wedge shaped EV, they shoulda gone for the old body style.