No, Elon Musk did not invent the electric vehicle. Tinkerers have experimented with EVs since the 1880s, though Detroit arguably set the movement back when Henry Ford began mass-producing gas-powered cars, and National City Lines, a partnership of General Motors, Firestone, and Standard Oil of California, dismantled electric tram networks across the country. You can learn more about early EVs at “EVS: Then and Now,” a series of events at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant. Events include an exhibition of antique EVs from the early 1900s from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Friday, a discussion on Ford and Thomas Edison’s experiments in EVs at 11 a.m. on Saturday, and a panel discussion at 11 a.m. on Sunday about the future of EVs. Sunday also includes a birthday celebration for Ford’s Model T, which rolled out of the Piquette Plant for the first time in 1908, with free Model T rides from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
From Friday, July 28-Sunday, July 30 at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant, 461 Piquette Ave., Detroit. See fordpiquetteplant.org/events for full schedule and tickets.
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