Silver linings are fun. And here’s a historical one that I think you all will love. Following Japan’s WWII loss, the country made a concerted effort to cut its dependence on gasoline, since gasoline imports were limited and the country of course didn’t have the resources to fuel a country full of gasoline burners. The result was the 1947 Tama EV that’s featured in this Nissan video below:
http://youtu.be/rnfmR5Ya1Sk
And, for more, here’s the Tama EV driving around a test track.
60 miles of range certainly isn’t bad. Considering it was produced in 1947, we’ll turn a blind eye to the 22mph max that the Tama EV got.