Thomas Edison would be, too. He tried to produce electric vehicles for Ford around 1900. Petroleum-based vehicles dashed his dreams of the electric car, and the battery he wanted to use languished ...

In the early 1900s, driving a gasoline-powered car wasn’t exactly easy ... including famous names like Thomas Edison. The Baker Electric was marketed for its ease of use and luxury, attracting ...

Thomas Edison was Henry Ford's hero ... Edison, who was convinced the future lay in electric powered cars, encouraged Ford to "keep at it." In 1907, Ford was on the brink of releasing the ...

Thomas Edison would be, too. He tried to produce electric vehicles for Ford around 1900. Petroleum-based vehicles dashed his dreams of the electric car, and the battery he wanted to use languished ...

It is Thomas Edison's electric pen. By the time he got around ... then prints his own newspaper from the baggage car. Eccentric Edison sleeps fully clothed on his laboratory floor.

On New Year's Eve, 1879, Thomas Edison unveiled his newest invention: the electric light. Reporters came from all over the U.S. to see Edison's Menlo Park lab lit up with his incandescent bulbs.