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To: Diana in Wisconsin
The EnviroWeenies will be tapping into that to charge their EVs!

Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout

He recharged his electric car's battery by tying into a trolley line. And this was back in 1910. Free online from various sources. For a quick summary,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Swift_and_His_Electric_Runabout

29 posted on 08/14/2023 6:11:14 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: PAR35

Wow, I had all the Tom Swift books back in the 60’s, I recall sneaking them up to my bedroom and read them all night as I was dead tired the next day in school LOL. Haven’t heard of them since.


35 posted on 08/14/2023 6:42:06 PM PDT by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute. )
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