Progress - From this to that

Physicians and the affluent in many cities bought electric cars because they were clean, quiet, comfortable, and easy to operate. Cities and larger towns had power grids that provided electricity to recharge car batteries. But electric cars were expensive, and electricity rates were high. Maintaining batteries was a complicated, hazardous task often left to a commercial garage. Low mileage between charges and the absence of electric power in rural areas further limited the market for electric cars as Americans drove longer distances.

From this 1904 (EV) Battery powered Doctors car w/sunroof

To this EV Battery Powered auto a hundred and twenty years later-