The inventor Thomas Edison and his wife on a Baker Runabout, built in 1901.
Headline:Slaby-Beringer electric car, 1919
Date:01.01.1919
Image text:A small electric car of the Slaby-Beringer brand in Berlin. The car with self-supporting plastic body was designed as a cheap car replacement for war invalids, 2005 pieces were manufactured from 1919 to 1924.
A small electric car of the Slaby-Beringer brand in Berlin. The car with self-supporting plastic body was designed as a cheap car replacement for war invalids, 2005 pieces were manufactured from 1919 to 1924.
Electric cars and other types of drives until 1945
Electric cars and other types of drives until 1945
Headline:Electric droshky, 1895
Date:01.01.1899
Image text:The first 'electric droshky', a taxi with electric propulsion, manufactured by the Berlin engineering works Henschel und Co. Charlottenburg.
An electric cab with driver and two passengers in Berlin in 1900.
Headline:Electric car in front of the police headquarters in Berlin, 1914
Date:23.02.1914
Image text:The electric cab with the number 10 000 stands in front of the Berlin police headquarters. The increasing number of electric cars makes the horse-cab little by little redundant.
Electric car in front of the police headquarters in Berlin, 1914
The electric cab with the number 10 000 stands in front of the Berlin police headquarters. The increasing number of electric cars makes the horse-cab little by little redundant.
Headline:German ambulance at a demonstration, 1912
Date:01.01.1912
Image text:New cars made by Daimler wait to be presented to the German emperor behind the New Palace in Potsdam (in the background). They will be used to transport wounded soldiers in the upcoming war.
New cars made by Daimler wait to be presented to the German emperor behind the New Palace in Potsdam (in the background). They will be used to transport wounded soldiers in the upcoming war.
Headline:Electric car in Berlin, 1899
Date:02.02.1899
Image text:One of the first cars with electric drive, made by the Henschel Company, drives through the streets of Berlin.
One of the first cars with electric drive, made by the Henschel Company, drives through the streets of Berlin.
Headline:Storming of a Soviet forest camp, June 1942
Date:03.06.1942
Image text:German infantrymen stalking in the forest at a Soviet camp during the advance towards Stalingrad on the Donets. The soldier in the foreground is equipped with a flamethrower. War reporter: Rynas.
German infantrymen stalking in the forest at a Soviet camp during the advance towards Stalingrad on the Donets. The soldier in the foreground is equipped with a flamethrower. War reporter: Rynas.
Headline:Electric funeral car, 1909
Date:01.01.1909
Image text:An electrically driven, open funeral car.