Electric cars

This is an interesting video featuring one of the many cars in comedian Jay Leno's vast collection of automobiles. He does a great job of explaining the features of the 1909 Baker Electric and why such machines were a favorite of women of the era. Unlike the gasoline fueled internal combustion engines of those days, the electric required no hand cranking (because there was no crankshaft!) to start the power plant. Also, the electrics were cleaner - they did not require oil and had no exhaust.