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Winding Road shows us James Cousens' electric car collection

I truly enjoyed reading this article on Winding Road about the largest existing collection of early electric cars in existence. The owner of the vehicles is James Cousens, and he is a true aficionado of the genre. The early market for electric cars was primarily for women married to well-to-do men, who could afford to make a purchase of this magnitude for their wives. For instance, the 1912 Baker Electric Special Extension Coupe which resides in the collection cost $2,700 at the time, which equals about $57,000 in today's funds. Cousens ... Read more →

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