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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 →

EV from 1904 still silently cruising the streets Sebastian Blanco

You know that Gram Parsons song "100 Years From Now"? The opening lyrics are "100 years from this day / Will the people still feel this way / And keep saying the things that they're / saying right ...

Winding Road shows us James Cousens' electric car collection 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

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 ...

EV from 1904 still silently cruising the streets 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

You know that Gram Parsons song "100 Years From Now"? The opening lyrics are "100 years from this day / Will the people still feel this way / And keep saying the things that they're / saying right now?" I thought of these words (and Gram's smooth voice) when I saw this video clip of a 1904 Baker ...


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