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ELECTRIC CARS
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that initiated by the City and Suburban Electric Carriage Co., Ltd., and referred to above, and with the increase in the number of charging stations, and their more general availability, the prospects of the electric vehicle are bound to improve.

With cars built as they now can be and are, to run a hundred miles on a single charge, the electromobilist can practically go

City and Suburban Co.'s Electric Brougham


anywhere. All he need do is to exercise a certain amount of foresight, and arrange that the end of his day's run lands him in the neighbourhood of a charging station.

The car has many very great advantages. As already pointed out it is comparatively 'fool-proof.' It is practically noiseless, or can be made so. It has great flexibility and changes from