@@adammiddleton2503 Musk didn't start Tesla, or name the company. But they originally used AC induction motors, which Tesla had invented. Also, why get mad that they've popularized a great inventor?
So it wasn't just rich women. These electric cars must have taken over from the horse and carriage. Not having to wake up (or even employ and house) a groom and horses must have made up for the battery problem.
Electric cars were half of the speed as the gas cars of that era! My late great aunt had a 1902 electric car, it would only do 15mph but she loved it and got about 100 miles to a charge and bought it slightly used in 1904.. paid $175 dollars for it! She said it had no problem on steep hill roads, she said it was a little slow as some electric vehicles would do almost twice the speed - for a price of course!
@@faithlesshound5621 Exactly -and a horse needs grooming, feeding, mucking-out every day and a maybe a vet even when it isn't working. You can see why motorcars were seen as a huge release from the filth and pollution caused by horses.
Yeah but imagine getting into a today's car in a 110 years. You'd need to change and repair about everything. An this thing just needed new paintwork and wheels, and the battery I believe would still work today if you could get enough of them and someone who can repair them
Yeah so many naysayers saying EVs won't work. This proves them all wrong. Sure there was probably some maintenance done on it but it shows that it's possible to build something to last. It's too bad most companies don't want to anymore.
its a blessing that mr leno not only has the money to rescue so many old vehicles but isn't frightened to drive them or show them to the public. plus he talks like a normal guy not like a 'I have it and you'll never see it' kinda guy. he explains things in laymans terms so I can understand how it works. and there is no bragging about how much its worth or how much he spent.
Dave Chivell gardner yeah he is definitely the kind of guy to show off his stuff and say I have it you can see it but you will never have it because I have the only 5 ever made jay Leno is not an average guy he is definitely a snob, rude guy and mean to the poor.
My mother said there was a elderly lady in her hometown that had a Baker Electric. During WWII with rationing for gas, tires, and many other things almost no one was able to drive a car... but she did, almost the only one on the road.
Comes from a company, Gasol that sold a fuel, paraffin under the Gasol name, hence gasoline. A mistake that survives to this day in America, similar to how all vacuum cleaners are now Hoovers.
Only it's a smart for 4 now,though with the GORGEOUS and GRAND dresses women wore then,it might very well be for 2 :D . Also,it's NOTHING strange to want 1. I ADORE the luxury or it,the THICK seat (like i like me girl's to be THICK too :D ) and the elegance of it :D . I can see the ladies classy going up and down with in it,helped by a knight with shining sword :D ;) :* :*
My Grandmother had one of these in 1915, and used to commute to her classes at Cupertino elementary school, she taught 1st 2nd and 3rd grades. I sadly never saw the car, as it was long gone when I was born in 1942, but I saw pics of her driving it ! Thanks to guys Like Jay who lovingly restore these great machines of our past !!!
Yes, Cupertino used to be about 13 miles southwest of San Jose, the two towns are grown together now. but, when my Grandmother was teaching there, the population was about 2500, not counting the Indian people.
@@pinheadlarry1019 You’ll be able to drive an EV and still get the deafening sound right through your audio system which is done today in some new cars. And the nice thing is, the vast majority of drivers who like quiet cars won’t have to put up with your noise - as long as you keep the windows closed. As far as rolling coal, we’ll, someone will come up with a way to dump massive pollution in the air from an EV.
Only practical if everyone was driving similar vehicles. A crash with a modern car, driving at modern speeds would be fatal probably 99% of the time. Also, at top speed, it would still take over 2 minutes to travel 1 mile and if you had to run the lights, your range would drop below 80 miles. Also, if you're driving up hill, your range will drop even lower. With modern suspension, safety features and battery technology, we can definitely do a lot better than we are!
The only electric car I'd ever consider owning. The quality of the armatures dates back to a time when armature winding was an actual trade, and they were all hand wound. My friend has an 80-year old desk fan with a hand wound motor. It is absolutely silent and vibration free, just amazing, still works perfectly. My Chinese fan from K-mart didn't even last two summers.
@@lobmin early in the automotive run gasoline was ridiculously cheap. Much, MUCH cheaper than electricity, especially in areas with no hydroelectic generation. So customers wanted gasoline powered cars because they were cheaper for them to operate. By the time that really changed gasoline was so prevalent that it would take a lot of effort to pivot the entire industry to electric. Economic momentum is a powerful thing and not easy to toy with.
@@hagamapama That's a solid point. But there's just too many examples of oil companies squashing and buying out competition. "Economic momentum" sounds like a phrase for "assholes in suits with too much money & power".
I think the car was built tall to accommodate the hats ladies wore, some of which were also tall and kept in place with hat pins, therefore they would not need to remove their hats to drive in one. Very convenient!
Ok, that's one of the coolest fricken things I've ever seen! Just the idea that those were actually driving around, and with CHARGING STATIONS available as well.
my Grandfather, born 1909, first job in Big City Indianapolis, was delivering bread with an electric truck. He reported winter was difficult because he couldn't turn on heat because he had to save enough battery to get back to garage
Eric Higbie poor bugger.... it sucks being cold. ps.... winters are going to get very cold indeed.... colder than in his day.... Grand Solar Minimum time is here!(again) brrrrrr.....
& the Original Batteries were...actually "Lifetime" ones..meaning YOUR Lifetime. They were not as powerful as ours today but you only bought them -once- unlike todays which cost a literal fortune to install & replace every few years.
@@bradsmith1934 Those batteries eventually wore out. They were designed to last 4 years. Some that saw light use and good quality water and materials lasted 50 years.
@@Username-2 My saying 'few years' is a # under 10. I once looked into buying a g.c used Hybrid & the battery was dead, the vehicle was low mileage & the price of the proprietary Battery was in the $1000's(& then $100's more for installation of new & Disposal of dead one) well above the value of the vehicle. If there were a warranty of at least 10 years I would consider it. I have noticed since that for some E Vehicles it is possible to exchange out dead cells. I love the Electric concept just against the idea of overpriced ( & non DIY) Proprietary Batteries. Find me one with 'generic' or 'house brand' (& DIY replace) (by this I mean -not built into-(like Tesla) the vehicle but in accessible cavity)(like ?Toyota) Battery I would seriously consider buying into it. Bottom line like anyone else who wants to have to spend $ needlessly if things were quality built.
This car had a 100mile range in 1909! The 2009 Mitsubishi I-MiEV had a range of 45-75 miles. Wow! It’s a shame it never caught on as its more reliable and of simpler design than an internal combustion engine. An electric motor has far less parts and uses much less oil. We could’ve had EVs with 1000+ mile ranges and great “normal” styling unlike the Nissan Leaf, BMW i3 and many others. That said I love the liveliness of an internal combustion engine and they do have more character. Thanks Dennis for uploading this.
Any modern EV driven at only 20 mph will exceed that 100 mile range of the Baker electric by far. The range of modern EVs is measured by driving at different speeds for cities, country roads and highways. Driven at low speeds EVs need not much energy. In Germany some guys drove a Tesla Model 3 long range which has a range of 560 km measured by the WLTP test cycle, at a speed lower than 38 km/h. They drove 1000 km on just one charge. At a typical city-speed in Germany a Tesla Model S could have a range of 780 km, while at a speed of 130 km/h on the Autobahn, the range is only 260 km.
This range is actually better than my Renault Fluence ZE, which got only 100 kilometers per charge at the topmost. This old Baker gets 160 kilometers per charge, and that is excellent for its era, and more than enough for local shopping, bank errands, and hospital visits. It is clean and practical.
The Whiners are talking as if people can't take the idea and use modern materials concepts and parts to make something similar to this vehicle and have it meet modern standards of transport.
Dear Jay, I remember growing up and visiting my Grandparents home. The house was full of broken lamps. I never quite understood how and why there were so many of them sitting around their house. Later in life, I asked my Dad why they had so many broken lamps? My Dad told me, at the turn of the last century my Great grandmother left my Grand-dad in her Electric car while she took care of a few shopping errands in up town Dayton, Ohio. He was an antsy kid who could not sit still. He decided to take the car for a drive...You know the rest of the story: He crashed the car through the plate glass window of A Light Fixture Store... My Great Grandfather had to buy all the broken lamps. Note: Less then a decade later, my Grand-dad was in the Army teaching men how to drive Lumber trucks full of cut Spruce trees. The lumber was used to make the WW1 fighter planes. When he was not in the Army, he worked in the family Meat Packing Plant. As a young man, he made meat deliveries to the ladies in the Red-light district, Hay Market Square. His father told him to only take payment in cash...No tit for tat.
In the 1935 film 'The Bishop Misbehaves', the said Bishop and his sister have one of these cars, potentially the same make, although I understand at the time many of the electric car manufacturers used the same design, so they are difficult to identify. Watching this video made me realise that in the film it is the Bishop's sister who is driving it. Great video and thank you so much for posting it!
nobody could it be the programming? you are one of those odd people whom think CO2 is a pollutant.... believe the anthropomorphic climate warming/change scam/lie.... (totally brainwashed in other words) That's your problem.(yes it is!) ('tis) (is so!)
My Grandfather did Battery Maintenance for the Sante Fe Railroad in Ash Forks Arizonia. He met my Grandmother who was a Harvey Girl there. A Family story, he was wearing Blue Jeans when he started the job and noticed all the other guys were wearing old GI Wool Pants. On his way home after work, his pants fell off him and into the street. He bought Wool Pants. Thanks Jay, I love your shows.
This was my great uncle's invention! One of the Baker Boys. Philip Noel Baker was a brother of the batch, competing in the olympics (long distance running) 1912, as well as coaching for a few olympics after. He also helped form the League of Nations and, in turn, the UN (which i regret the globalization now lol, oh well). That same family invented the domestic flower sifter!! #TheMoreYouKnow
In the 40s professors at Stanford who were away during the summer would rent their homes out to San Francisco residents who wanted to avoid the summer fog. In 1949 we rented such a home. Across the street in Palo Alto almost every day we would see an elderly lady drive such a vehicle, tiller and all, down the street I assume to go shopping. I was too young to appreciate what I was seeing or to ask questions.
Looking at this I recall Grandma Duck's electric car from the Donald Duck comics of my youth. The Disney artists nailed the look of a Baker Electric, even putting the batteries in the front and the driver in the rear of the car with a row of seats facing her.
I commented first and now found ur and mpsesra comment/reply. I learned and began to really love history from 10 cents/special 25 cents donald duck comics....my fave was the 7 cities of cibola, among many. I was totally a fan of Little LuLu...LOL We bought our comics from Gene's Pharmacy on 12th St and Lomas and the spin rack was inches away from the old fashion soda fountain counter...so we sipped our 10 cents fountain cokes checking out the other comics, and left with our faves.. All bought using part of our weekly Saturday afternoon allowance of 1$. We didn't walk to the pharmacy, we put on our keyed metal roller skates and had to take them off before entering the drugstore. well wishes to you from albuquerque.
The Baker was beautifully laid out in the interior. It also started up electrically in the days you had to go outside, rain or shine, and risk serious injury to start the model T and others...
@@andrewflowers6794 that's why leaded, and then enthonal gas is around, I reduces backfire, nocking and lower the need for such high compression like the model t
@@frankpeletz1818not really but it plqy a fact into how fast a engine can start, as a engine starts if it was right before the powerstroke it would take the crank with it, many time injuring or killing people with it.
@@thekak2627 I crank started many of engines in my time never having a problem. And people would get their arms broken if they did it wrong. You pull the crank and do not wrap your thumb around the handle.
+The real doktorbimmer I'm very curious about this...depending on how the electricity is produced electric cars can be better in all regards. I'm looking foward to the return of the steam engine tho haha
The real doktorbimmer hmmm, you don't think that with lighter materials and the ability to make more energy efficient boilers could allow a steam engine to be more efficient?
The real doktorbimmer I do love locomotives, but I've always had a thing for traction engines in particular. Any steam machinery is lovely though. Now onto the long tailpipe debate: Whenever i see people opposed to electric cars, they use the long tailpipe argument. Really, the cause for concern should be surrounding the lithium used in their batteries. The part i have trouble believing is that more than 75% of the energy generated at the plant is lost to transmission alone. A Tesla model S for example, has an electricity to wheel efficiency of 97%(!), a charging efficiency of about 90%, and therefore an overall energy use efficiency of around 87%. Petrol cars tend to be low twenties for overall efficiency, though Diesels can be notably more efficient, around the low thirties. So in terms of energy use over distance, an electric car is 2-3 times more efficient. Secondly, power plants achieve much better thermal conversion rates than internal combustion engines, because they don't have to be small and compact. While a petrol ICE can achieve 20-25% efficiency, a power plant can achieve 40-50% efficiency. Due to the way they operate, coal power plants can achieve similar efficiency. Lets call that up to 2 times more efficient. What this translates to is that even a large, heavy electric car like the S is around 6 times more efficient than a gasoline car, and 4 times more efficient than a diesel car. Therefore, to even be bought down to the level of a diesel car, transmission losses have to be in excess of 75%, but the numbers i find state around 30% per 100 miles. That comes out at about 400 miles of transmission distance before electrics are on par with diesels, and 400 miles seems an excessive distance in most cases. My country is over 80% renewable electricity, so electric cars win hands down here, they get the equivalent of 220-240 mpg.
The real doktorbimmer The only NAS study i could find referenced coal plants, and it wasn't to do with their efficiency, but rather the deaths the pollution caused, something coal is far worse than gasoline at. The same paper also said that for natural gas plants EV's were significantly better, and the U.S is currently focusing on reducing their coal generation. In fact the U.S is already more than 50% natural gas, nuclear, and renewable. And where did you get those figures for electric vehicle efficiency? A Tesla model S gets 97% efficiency from battery to wheels, and 92% battery cycle efficiency, which comes out to a total of 87% electrical to mechanical efficiency. Not to mention that the best ICE cars today are around 35% efficient, while a power plant can reach 55% efficiency. A natural gas plant can be over 60%. So a Tesla is about 2.5x more power efficient for a given distance than a high efficiency ICE, and its power generation source is at least another half more efficient than said ICE. That means that a Tesla is roughly 4x more efficient per mile than a high efficiency before transmission losses. Transmission losses are about 30% per hundred miles, so in order to bring the efficiency of a Tesla down to 30% overall, you need to be transmitting the power over a distance greater than 400 miles. Most power plants transmit power less than 150 miles from what i can find, leaving a Tesla at 2.5-3x more efficient than a high efficiency ICE. The fact that a Tesla has an equivalent mpg of around 120, while a high efficiency ICE gets around 45. The numbers get even better if you use something more efficient like a Prius. You also make the assumption that EV's will only be run from power plants that burn fossil fuels, and as far a renewable's like solar and wind go, you could be correct. But as far as i'm concerned, nuclear power is still a promising alternative, look at countries like France, almost completely nuclear. Also, my own country is actually over 85% renewable, so EV's win on pollution here hands down.
@@mfw9902 Yeah, but if they kept improving the technology for the last 110 years instead of abandoning it, this electric car would probably be traveling at the speed of sound by now.
It was an awesome treat to meet Mr.J and to spend several hours in his collection of cars and motorcycles. He even bought us pizza and sat there and had lunch with us . Awesome guy.Thanks again Jay.
Agnes McDonald of Spokane, WA. owned a 1915 Rauch and Lang electric automobile that resembles the Baker, just slightly larger. She drove it until 1951 at which point it was put in storage. It now resides at the local museum, in a converted carriage house. The Monteverdi reminded me of a Citroen DS.
A work of art ....yes.....same reason why people like to go and live in a country cottage built at the turn of the last century.....exposed beams and whitewashed walls.......country life etc.........no reason why anyone couldn't have one of these built to order (never mind the cost) and drive it around the town in a sedate fashion just because you want to be relaxed.
I love this car. I remember playing in one as a kid. I was really young and to me it was so awesome. If I recall it didn’t run, we just played in it. For the life of me though I can’t remember who had it. Oh well, I’m sure it will come to me. I remember when we first saw it we thought it was like a fancy horse carriage. I remember pretending we were cowboys carrying a box of gold or something like that. We were kinda disappointed when we found it was a car.
The gentleman that originally owned my historic home drove a Baker Electric. Their headquarters and service center is just down the street. It was the car of choice for the wealthy since it was clean and push button start vs. crank etc. The biggest problem was having enough juice to get to the top of Cedar Hill. There are vintage photos of cars not making it to the top.
Less moving parts, less to wear out and go wrong. Aside from the batteries every 15 years or so, today's electrics will likely last just as long as the Baker.
@@MylesV Its funny but the Tesla Cybertruck will likely be one of the longest lived vehicles to survive into the future since its made 100% out of stainless steel, its not going to rust in several human lifetimes. All it will need is a battery and driveline change every now and then. I bet in musems in 500 years there will be a Tesla Cybertruck there looking quite sharp.
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One car Jay was talking about the magneto and how it was origanal and over 100 years old. See, shit was built to last and we got away from that cause there was no money in service cause nothing ever broke and if the off chance it did it was so easily accessible anyone with common sense could repair it. Great show Dennis and Mr. leno
Jay seems like a genuine good guy. You could work with him in the garage then go out for a drink. Liked seeing him working under the cars, just like we do.
Wow, thanks... As a kid when we had *no* electric cars (and wasn't told they had ever existed), I was always puzzled at the Baker's design in the Disney comics...I couldn't figure out where the engine was at(!) A car design ahead of its time.
Its not though. there are things like price, charging, power steering/brakes, There are alot of thing going on in the leaf and other new electric cars then there were back then. freeway speeds in excess of 65mph.
Ryan Bernadett Nevertheless, this was 100 years ago. If people have kept developing this, we would have had a tesla in the 60s. Without the ipad thing but you know what I mean.
I completely agree. Designers and engineers need to look upon past designs to see what they can improve on to better their cars. But as you said the people at Nissan are to stupid to do what I just said.
+The real doktorbimmer you can build a car lighter than 60's cars and before then. but not proper usable cars. You'd have to buy cars like a Lotus 7 or Caterham Roadster with the cloth roof. but yea as a safety tested and all that kind of car you wouldnt be able to get them lighter.
“My Classic Car”, bet Jay grinds his teeth every time he hears you say that! Great you are dragging him and his collection out so we can all see them! Future transport and car enthusiasts will enshrine his passion and thank him and many other collectors and restorers for saving as much as they could!
Notice people can sit FACING the driver. I'd like to know how the driver would see around them, especially if it was someone wearing say a big bustle skirt & a huge hat?
@Techrecycle4u no lol. There was no electricity outside of major cities until the 1930s when hydroelectric dams were completed. We had alot of highway work done by 1915 and the original cement national highway grid by completed in 1922, gas stations had become widespread by this time, and in more remote areas you could always keep spare jugs of gas. The possibility of recharging an electric outside of your city was at least a decade away and much much longer until the average citizen everywhere could make use of an electric car. Not to mention the cost, all cars were only for the wealthy until the Ford model T in 1909 when middle class families could now afford a car and along with Ford's revolutionary moving assembly line increasing production capability 6 fold in 1913 making his affordable car also available. Even if someone were a major city resident in 1920 why buy an electric car that can't leave town, when you can just buy a gas powered car that can while also being much cheaper and faster? They were a good choice in the early years around 1900 when at the outskirts of cities the "roads" ended and became just 2 rut wagon trails, gasoline was hard to find and the combustion engine wasn't very reliable at all. 15 or so years later none of this was the case and the electric car faded into obsolescence. See how silly the Oil company conspiracy sounds now?
@@dguy0386 A replica made now would not have the historic vehicles' exemption from modern regulations, so it would need all the safety gear. And have to survive crash testing!
They really are nice cars! I remember the old gals in Marinette taking their Baker Electrics to the.department store, really a surprise just to see something that old run, but they took good care of them. Thanks Dennis and Jay for the quiet tour!!
Jay talking about him and his wife taking it to look at Christmas lights sounds so fun and romantic. The perfect car for that. Quiet, slow, nostalgic, big windows. That's definitely what I would do with it.
It seems so, and a lot more elegance than a Tesla , riding around in this would give you a ' superiority complex ' - I'm impressed and over a 100 years ago !.
Learn something new everyday! I had no idea that an electric car with a charge station infrastructure was a concept that dates back over 100 years ago!
i've always loved that 1909. you had this car for a long time and as would i. it is a treasure to own something like that. that car should be used in a movie.
My Dad would have loved this! He opened the first body shop in our small town. His first project was to clear out the anvil, iron forge and probably a lot of horse poo. I have a lot of great memories of riding on a wooden crate as he drove.
We had a shop in Aptos California, Aptos Village Garage, we had 3A towing etc, Had dead batter call off Club House Dr, in the garage was my service call vehicle, but also in the garage was an old Baker electric car, As I inquired about this old electric car, the Lady of the house told me they were decendants of the Baker family that made the cars, and sure enough their last name was Baker, we talked a bit but had to run as calls were backing up.
@@dieselgeezer18 The only problem is that they are incredibly destructive to the environment. They can and are slightly improved all the time, but electric vehicle motor and battery technology is advancing faster, and is becoming less and less environmentally damaging from a manufacturing standpoint faster than gasoline powered or hybrid vehicles.
@@SweetBearCub no. Have you ever thought how electricity is produced? Power plants consume fossil fuel in order to produce electricity and charge your electric car. Lithium mining is very toxic for the environment too. And if someone is bored, which many people are, and throw their batteries away without proper recycling, it is bad for the environment. Also, gasoline cars convert the chemical energy of the fuel directly to movement. But electricity power plants convert chemical energy of the fossil fuel to electricity and then to movement which lowers the total efficiency of the electric car a lot.
That moustache is perfectly at home in a 110-year-old mobile phone booth.
and doctor Who turned it into his home after a few modifications.
I'll bet he's never been with a woman.
@@allivanaip I'll bet you've never had a conversation with one.
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He has a wife, 2 daughters, and 1 son.
@@allivanaip I am pretty sure he have because he have a wedding ring.
"I have an electric car"
"oh a tesla?"
"no, an edison"
Edison stole everything from Tesla Edison didn’t even invent the lightbulb just took the credit
There was an edison electric car
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It pisses me off that Musk stole Tesla name and gives more credit to Edison.
Robbing Teslas grave to this day...
What a cruel planet.
@@adammiddleton2503 Musk didn't start Tesla, or name the company. But they originally used AC induction motors, which Tesla had invented. Also, why get mad that they've popularized a great inventor?
@@patreekotime4578 when asked about Nicola Tesla he discredited him and gave all the credit to Edison...
Edison was a con artist. Who invented NOTHING
Baker Electrics were also popular with doctors who still made house calls. Better not to have to crank a car in the cold at night.
So it wasn't just rich women. These electric cars must have taken over from the horse and carriage. Not having to wake up (or even employ and house) a groom and horses must have made up for the battery problem.
Electric cars were half of the speed as the gas cars of that era! My late great aunt had a 1902 electric car, it would only do 15mph but she loved it and got about 100 miles to a charge and bought it slightly used in 1904.. paid $175 dollars for it! She said it had no problem on steep hill roads, she said it was a little slow as some electric vehicles would do almost twice the speed - for a price of course!
@@faithlesshound5621 Exactly -and a horse needs grooming, feeding, mucking-out every day and a maybe a vet even when it isn't working. You can see why motorcars were seen as a huge release from the filth and pollution caused by horses.
@@davehibbs9111 fancy anyone having such an amazing story to tell!
In imperial Santpetersburg were electric buses and cabs like public transport.
You're kidding me
It's 110 years old.
And he just got in, and off he went. That's insane!
Nah bruh, he had to do some painting and replacing the acid in battery and some other stuff like wheels and lamps.
Yeah but imagine getting into a today's car in a 110 years. You'd need to change and repair about everything. An this thing just needed new paintwork and wheels, and the battery I believe would still work today if you could get enough of them and someone who can repair them
The oldest car in the world is 250 years old (steam powered fardier) and could still be driven today (albeit at 4 km/h).
Yeah so many naysayers saying EVs won't work. This proves them all wrong. Sure there was probably some maintenance done on it but it shows that it's possible to build something to last. It's too bad most companies don't want to anymore.
@@redsquirrelftw EV's aren't the future, Hydrogen is. But EV's are a step towards the future
its a blessing that mr leno not only has the money to rescue so many old vehicles but isn't frightened to drive them or show them to the public.
plus he talks like a normal guy not like a 'I have it and you'll never see it' kinda guy.
he explains things in laymans terms so I can understand how it works.
and there is no bragging about how much its worth or how much he spent.
All that is true!
Mr Leno is a great guy like to meet him sometime. We are blessed he shows us all his cars and drives them also like they were meant to be!!
Dave Chivell gardner yeah he is definitely the kind of guy to show off his stuff and say I have it you can see it but you will never have it because I have the only 5 ever made jay Leno is not an average guy he is definitely a snob, rude guy and mean to the poor.
My thoughts exactly!
And he knows everything about every car he owns, and that is rare for a celeberty as he is.
My mother said there was a elderly lady in her hometown that had a Baker Electric. During WWII with rationing for gas, tires, and many other things almost no one was able to drive a car... but she did, almost the only one on the road.
saxmusicmail that’s awesome
Gas?? Is that gasoline (petrol)??? I get confused when Americans call petrol "gas". So what will "gas " like Oxygen or hydrogen will be called?
@@HusseinDoha "Hydrogen gas" or simply "hydrogen"
Comes from a company, Gasol that sold a fuel, paraffin under the Gasol name, hence gasoline. A mistake that survives to this day in America, similar to how all vacuum cleaners are now Hoovers.
@@HusseinDoha Yes, gas-oline and petrol (petroleum) are the same thing.For natural gas we say...natural gas .
That story of the lady taking her Baker electric to and from the hotel, from the 1930s to, like, 2001, is incredible! Talk about longevity...
Back in the 1960's we had a lady who drove one of these to church every Sunday. She did not like to backup so we would make sure her spot was clear.
@ParadoxicKnox I guess you don't know the first electric car was in 1832. Do a search for "Baker Electric Car"
And she was in her 80s
It's like a cross between an Amish buggy and a Smart Fortwo.
Strangely enough, I want one.
Only it's a smart for 4 now,though with the GORGEOUS and GRAND dresses women wore then,it might very well be for 2 :D .
Also,it's NOTHING strange to want 1.
I ADORE the luxury or it,the THICK seat (like i like me girl's to be THICK too :D ) and the elegance of it :D .
I can see the ladies classy going up and down with in it,helped by a knight with shining sword :D ;) :* :*
I want one as a golf cart
except a civic gets significantly better gas mileage than a for two.. and this is electric.
Me too!
My Grandmother had one of these in 1915, and used to commute to her classes at Cupertino elementary school, she taught 1st 2nd and 3rd grades. I sadly never saw the car, as it was long gone when I was born in 1942, but I saw pics of her driving it ! Thanks to guys Like Jay who lovingly restore these great machines of our past !!!
prebooomer great story. Are her pics online?
No, and sadly, we lost the pics during a house fire several years ago.
That sucks the pictures are lost. Was it the same Cupertino in northern California?
Yes, Cupertino used to be about 13 miles southwest of San Jose, the two towns are grown together now. but, when my Grandmother was teaching there, the population was about 2500, not counting the Indian people.
My mum used to have a steam traction engine, but she sold it to make money when I was born in 1863, so good to see one on the channel.
Why is no one talking about how quiet it is, this car perfect for inner cities, small, quiet no emissions.
In most cities, with narrow roads, intersections, lights, traffic, etc, I bet this wouldn't even have trouble keeping up with "modern" vehicles.
Yeah, if you like quiet cars, it's perfect. But I'm one that likes a loud exhaust note, so it's just not for me. It is cool tho
@@calebfuller4713 why u put modern in quotations, whether it’s good or not a car made in modern times is modern
@@pinheadlarry1019 You’ll be able to drive an EV and still get the deafening sound right through your audio system which is done today in some new cars. And the nice thing is, the vast majority of drivers who like quiet cars won’t have to put up with your noise - as long as you keep the windows closed. As far as rolling coal, we’ll, someone will come up with a way to dump massive pollution in the air from an EV.
political for those who sell oil
This electric car is quite exquisite. It's in amazing condition, has the most gorgeous interior, and would obviously be quite practical even today.
Only practical if everyone was driving similar vehicles. A crash with a modern car, driving at modern speeds would be fatal probably 99% of the time. Also, at top speed, it would still take over 2 minutes to travel 1 mile and if you had to run the lights, your range would drop below 80 miles. Also, if you're driving up hill, your range will drop even lower. With modern suspension, safety features and battery technology, we can definitely do a lot better than we are!
The only electric car I'd ever consider owning. The quality of the armatures dates back to a time when armature winding was an actual trade, and they were all hand wound. My friend has an 80-year old desk fan with a hand wound motor. It is absolutely silent and vibration free, just amazing, still works perfectly. My Chinese fan from K-mart didn't even last two summers.
110 years ago, we had clean compact electric cars! There's something wrong here.
@Asimzmn lol wat
SouthwesternEagle What's wrong is corporations doing whatever they can to sell gas. And damn did they ever succeed....
@@lobmin more like these kind of cars were ludicrously expensive (over 100,000 USD in today's money)
@@GiordanDiodato yeah, but with all the tech improvements we could probably have gotten a better car for less money in more recent times.
@@lobmin early in the automotive run gasoline was ridiculously cheap. Much, MUCH cheaper than electricity, especially in areas with no hydroelectic generation. So customers wanted gasoline powered cars because they were cheaper for them to operate.
By the time that really changed gasoline was so prevalent that it would take a lot of effort to pivot the entire industry to electric. Economic momentum is a powerful thing and not easy to toy with.
@@hagamapama That's a solid point. But there's just too many examples of oil companies squashing and buying out competition. "Economic momentum" sounds like a phrase for "assholes in suits with too much money & power".
I think the car was built tall to accommodate the hats ladies wore, some of which were also tall and kept in place with hat pins, therefore they would not need to remove their hats to drive in one. Very convenient!
Ok, that's one of the coolest fricken things I've ever seen! Just the idea that those were actually driving around, and with CHARGING STATIONS available as well.
Tell everyone.
I like how Elon musk acts like he invented charging stations!!
@@zachsheffee8458 Indeed. LOL
my Grandfather, born 1909, first job in Big City Indianapolis, was delivering bread with an electric truck. He reported winter was difficult because he couldn't turn on heat because he had to save enough battery to get back to garage
Eric Higbie Diamla kau babi..Bodoh
Eric Higbie lek ar bro
Eric Higbie
poor bugger.... it sucks being cold.
ps.... winters are going to get very cold indeed.... colder than in his day....
Grand Solar Minimum time is here!(again) brrrrrr.....
well if he had a tesla he would have been fine.
these things got same problem to this day. Great in optimal conditions but here up north where winter lasts almost 7 months you are better off.
100 miles on a charge imagine how far you could go if the tech hadn’t stopped for a century
& the Original Batteries were...actually "Lifetime" ones..meaning YOUR Lifetime. They were not as powerful as ours today but you only bought them -once- unlike todays which cost a literal fortune to install & replace every few years.
100 miles @ 23mph, faster = less range.
@@bradsmith1934 Those batteries eventually wore out. They were designed to last 4 years. Some that saw light use and good quality water and materials lasted 50 years.
@@Username-2 My saying 'few years' is a # under 10. I once looked into buying a g.c used Hybrid & the battery was dead, the vehicle was low mileage & the price of the proprietary Battery was in the $1000's(& then $100's more for installation of new & Disposal of dead one) well above the value of the vehicle. If there were a warranty of at least 10 years I would consider it. I have noticed since that for some E Vehicles it is possible to exchange out dead cells. I love the Electric concept just against the idea of overpriced ( & non DIY) Proprietary Batteries. Find me one with 'generic' or 'house brand' (& DIY replace) (by this I mean -not built into-(like Tesla) the vehicle but in accessible cavity)(like ?Toyota) Battery I would seriously consider buying into it. Bottom line like anyone else who wants to have to spend $ needlessly if things were quality built.
Brad Smith Man, I strongly suggest you to read further about battery life and disposal.
A slow drive around the city on a summer rainy night on that thing would be heaven
This car had a 100mile range in 1909! The 2009 Mitsubishi I-MiEV had a range of 45-75 miles. Wow!
It’s a shame it never caught on as its more reliable and of simpler design than an internal combustion engine. An electric motor has far less parts and uses much less oil.
We could’ve had EVs with 1000+ mile ranges and great “normal” styling unlike the Nissan Leaf, BMW i3 and many others.
That said I love the liveliness of an internal combustion engine and they do have more character. Thanks Dennis for uploading this.
Liveliness? Character? Utter nonsense.
Any modern EV driven at only 20 mph will exceed that 100 mile range of the Baker electric by far.
The range of modern EVs is measured by driving at different speeds for cities, country roads and highways. Driven at low speeds EVs need not much energy.
In Germany some guys drove a Tesla Model 3 long range which has a range of 560 km measured by the WLTP test cycle, at a speed lower than 38 km/h. They drove 1000 km on just one charge.
At a typical city-speed in Germany a Tesla Model S could have a range of 780 km, while at a speed of 130 km/h on the Autobahn, the range is only 260 km.
I'd buy one of these new today for shopping and tootling round the neighbourhood. So cool.
This range is actually better than my Renault Fluence ZE, which got only 100 kilometers per charge at the topmost. This old Baker gets 160 kilometers per charge, and that is excellent for its era, and more than enough for local shopping, bank errands, and hospital visits. It is clean and practical.
72Yonatan I think there's no way it went 160 km on those 3 battery units it got in that drawer, but even like a quarter or a third was phenomenal
The real doktorbimmer by the way say hi to Doctor Bummer who goes out of his way to state that it's no good!
There were three more batteries in the back they did not show.
The Whiners are talking as if people can't take the idea and use modern materials concepts and parts to make something similar to this vehicle and have it meet modern standards of transport.
Dear Jay,
I remember growing up and visiting my Grandparents home. The house was full of broken lamps. I never quite understood how and why there were so many of them sitting around their house. Later in life, I asked my Dad why they had so many broken lamps? My Dad told me, at the turn of the last century my Great grandmother left my Grand-dad in her Electric car while she took care of a few shopping errands in up town Dayton, Ohio. He was an antsy kid who could not sit still. He decided to take the car for a drive...You know the rest of the story: He crashed the car through the plate glass window of A Light Fixture Store... My Great Grandfather had to buy all the broken lamps.
Note: Less then a decade later, my Grand-dad was in the Army teaching men how to drive Lumber trucks full of cut Spruce trees. The lumber was used to make the WW1 fighter planes. When he was not in the Army, he worked in the family Meat Packing Plant. As a young man, he made meat deliveries to the ladies in the Red-light district, Hay Market Square. His father told him to only take payment in cash...No tit for tat.
YT comment GOLD!!
I love how he actually uses his cars for their purpose
In the 1935 film 'The Bishop Misbehaves', the said Bishop and his sister have one of these cars, potentially the same make, although I understand at the time many of the electric car manufacturers used the same design, so they are difficult to identify. Watching this video made me realise that in the film it is the Bishop's sister who is driving it. Great video and thank you so much for posting it!
this car is making me happy for some weird reason.
nobody same
nobody
could it be the programming?
you are one of those odd people whom think CO2 is a pollutant.... believe the anthropomorphic climate warming/change scam/lie.... (totally brainwashed in other words)
That's your problem.(yes it is!) ('tis) (is so!)
leo heltai
then read my comment! (-: (the other one)
beacuse its electric, electric is the future!
you know what makes me happy? *ernie brink!* check out his channel he is going to bring the rotary back!
When I heard it went 100 miles on a full charge I was shocked
What you did there, I see it.
Ba dum tss
@@old4mat This generation of electricity jokes have an outlet now, but I'll switch to something more current, I have a quick fuse.
Ohm my god that's so funny
@@Tripp426 missed opportunity to say watt
My Grandfather did Battery Maintenance for the Sante Fe Railroad in Ash Forks Arizonia. He met my Grandmother who was a Harvey Girl there. A Family story, he was wearing Blue Jeans when he started the job and noticed all the other guys were wearing old GI Wool Pants. On his way home after work, his pants fell off him and into the street. He bought Wool Pants. Thanks Jay, I love your shows.
This was my great uncle's invention! One of the Baker Boys.
Philip Noel Baker was a brother of the batch, competing in the olympics (long distance running) 1912, as well as coaching for a few olympics after.
He also helped form the League of Nations and, in turn, the UN (which i regret the globalization now lol, oh well).
That same family invented the domestic flower sifter!!
#TheMoreYouKnow
hey that's a real nice horse less carriage
just like a tesla, *TESLA IS THE FUTURE!*
202 likes!? best ive had is 7! and 6 of those likes wer my aternative accounts lol
www.GPcarAudio.com cringy
closet homosexual dr. Rimmer?
So is that why you have three of them
Am I nuts or this thing looks more futuristic than a Prius?
no cap.
I was thinking the same thing.
The Cars of the Future! Electric Phone booth!
You're nuts!
@@finndahuman57 It DOES look like a phone booth!
"This... Is a job... for Super Jay!"
In the 40s professors at Stanford who were away during the summer would rent their homes out to San Francisco residents who wanted to avoid the summer fog. In 1949 we rented such a home. Across the street in Palo Alto almost every day we would see an elderly lady drive such a vehicle, tiller and all, down the street I assume to go shopping. I was too young to appreciate what I was seeing or to ask questions.
Love Jay Leno! So authentic and such a gentleman!
Looking at this I recall Grandma Duck's electric car from the Donald Duck comics of my youth. The Disney artists nailed the look of a Baker Electric, even putting the batteries in the front and the driver in the rear of the car with a row of seats facing her.
Same style but granny duck had 1915 detroit electric
I commented first and now found ur and mpsesra comment/reply. I learned and began to really love history from 10 cents/special 25 cents donald duck comics....my fave was the 7 cities of cibola, among many. I was totally a fan of Little LuLu...LOL We bought our comics from Gene's Pharmacy on 12th St and Lomas and the spin rack was inches away from the old fashion soda fountain counter...so we sipped our 10 cents fountain cokes checking out the other comics, and left with our faves.. All bought using part of our weekly Saturday afternoon allowance of 1$. We didn't walk to the pharmacy, we put on our keyed metal roller skates and had to take them off before entering the drugstore. well wishes to you from albuquerque.
When Dennis takes the "tiller" he looks like he belongs in 1915 with his antique handle bar mustache.
No, he looks like an idiot.
*1885?
If this was made into a kit car, I would definitely build it. Great for small town getaways.
The Baker was beautifully laid out in the interior. It also started up electrically in the days you had to go outside, rain or shine, and risk serious injury to start the model T and others...
Ya, people have died getting hit with that crank in the face
@@andrewflowers6794 that's why leaded, and then enthonal gas is around, I reduces backfire, nocking and lower the need for such high compression like the model t
@@thekak2627 4.5-1 is high compression?
@@frankpeletz1818not really but it plqy a fact into how fast a engine can start, as a engine starts if it was right before the powerstroke it would take the crank with it, many time injuring or killing people with it.
@@thekak2627 I crank started many of engines in my time never having a problem. And people would get their arms broken if they did it wrong. You pull the crank and do not wrap your thumb around the handle.
15,000 Electric Cars a hundred years ago?! Okay, I smell sabotage
+The real doktorbimmer I'm very curious about this...depending on how the electricity is produced electric cars can be better in all regards. I'm looking foward to the return of the steam engine tho haha
The real doktorbimmer hmmm, you don't think that with lighter materials and the ability to make more energy efficient boilers could allow a steam engine to be more efficient?
+The real doktorbimmer
ah, the long tailpipe argument.
Tell me more about it.
Have to agree on steam engines though, something about them...
The real doktorbimmer
I do love locomotives, but I've always had a thing for traction engines in particular.
Any steam machinery is lovely though.
Now onto the long tailpipe debate:
Whenever i see people opposed to electric cars, they use the long tailpipe argument.
Really, the cause for concern should be surrounding the lithium used in their batteries.
The part i have trouble believing is that more than 75% of the energy generated at the plant is lost to transmission alone.
A Tesla model S for example, has an electricity to wheel efficiency of 97%(!), a charging efficiency of about 90%, and therefore an overall energy use efficiency of around 87%.
Petrol cars tend to be low twenties for overall efficiency, though Diesels can be notably more efficient, around the low thirties.
So in terms of energy use over distance, an electric car is 2-3 times more efficient.
Secondly, power plants achieve much better thermal conversion rates than internal combustion engines, because they don't have to be small and compact.
While a petrol ICE can achieve 20-25% efficiency, a power plant can achieve 40-50% efficiency. Due to the way they operate, coal power plants can achieve similar efficiency.
Lets call that up to 2 times more efficient.
What this translates to is that even a large, heavy electric car like the S is around 6 times more efficient than a gasoline car, and 4 times more efficient than a diesel car.
Therefore, to even be bought down to the level of a diesel car, transmission losses have to be in excess of 75%, but the numbers i find state around 30% per 100 miles.
That comes out at about 400 miles of transmission distance before electrics are on par with diesels, and 400 miles seems an excessive distance in most cases.
My country is over 80% renewable electricity, so electric cars win hands down here, they get the equivalent of 220-240 mpg.
The real doktorbimmer
The only NAS study i could find referenced coal plants, and it wasn't to do with their efficiency, but rather the deaths the pollution caused, something coal is far worse than gasoline at.
The same paper also said that for natural gas plants EV's were significantly better, and the U.S is currently focusing on reducing their coal generation. In fact the U.S is already more than 50% natural gas, nuclear, and renewable.
And where did you get those figures for electric vehicle efficiency?
A Tesla model S gets 97% efficiency from battery to wheels, and 92% battery cycle efficiency, which comes out to a total of 87% electrical to mechanical efficiency.
Not to mention that the best ICE cars today are around 35% efficient, while a power plant can reach 55% efficiency. A natural gas plant can be over 60%.
So a Tesla is about 2.5x more power efficient for a given distance than a high efficiency ICE, and its power generation source is at least another half more efficient than said ICE. That means that a Tesla is roughly 4x more efficient per mile than a high efficiency before transmission losses.
Transmission losses are about 30% per hundred miles, so in order to bring the efficiency of a Tesla down to 30% overall, you need to be transmitting the power over a distance greater than 400 miles. Most power plants transmit power less than 150 miles from what i can find, leaving a Tesla at 2.5-3x more efficient than a high efficiency ICE.
The fact that a Tesla has an equivalent mpg of around 120, while a high efficiency ICE gets around 45. The numbers get even better if you use something more efficient like a Prius.
You also make the assumption that EV's will only be run from power plants that burn fossil fuels, and as far a renewable's like solar and wind go, you could be correct.
But as far as i'm concerned, nuclear power is still a promising alternative, look at countries like France, almost completely nuclear.
Also, my own country is actually over 85% renewable, so EV's win on pollution here hands down.
I'd drive that today. Talk about style.
I wish they were still in production, I would buy!!!🤩😍
Millennials: “Tesla is the future!”
This 110 year old zero maintenance electric car goes 100 miles on one charge. 🙄
non of that computer crap onboard the 110 year old electric car that takes up all teh electricity
@@mrni6502 it also doesn't have a speed regulator and wouldn't be fast enough for the needs of most consumers, nor does it have the safety features
Lead acid.
but this thing can only go 23 mph lmao
it takes exponentially more power to go even double that speed, let alone 90 on the highway
@@mfw9902
Yeah, but if they kept improving the technology for the last 110 years instead of abandoning it, this electric car would probably be traveling at the speed of sound by now.
It was an awesome treat to meet Mr.J and to spend several hours in his collection of cars and motorcycles. He even bought us pizza and sat there and had lunch with us . Awesome guy.Thanks again Jay.
The bell on the Baker sounds a lot like streetcars of its era.
bell on the baker? you mean jay leno right.
My grandmother rode to her wedding in one of these. I was probably 1907 or 1908 though.
You were 1907, WOW, that's old.
That's adorable!
are you immotrtal
@@raptorfromthe6ix833 No, but nearly 60, and my father was over fifty when I was born.
Agnes McDonald of Spokane, WA. owned a 1915 Rauch and Lang electric automobile that resembles the Baker, just slightly larger. She drove it until 1951 at which point it was put in storage. It now resides at the local museum, in a converted carriage house. The Monteverdi reminded me of a Citroen DS.
That car is a work of art
A work of art ....yes.....same reason why people like to go and live in a country cottage built at the turn of the last century.....exposed beams and whitewashed walls.......country life etc.........no reason why anyone couldn't have one of these built to order (never mind the cost) and drive it around the town in a sedate fashion just because you want to be relaxed.
screw tesla, I want one of those
Put the Tesla driveline in one of these to really mess with people’s minds lol
@@nickfury1279 Imagine putting one of these on a drag track with Tesla guts. It'd be one heck of a sleeper!
@@nickfury1279 imagine the p100d power in this lol
Tesla has become too mainstream :)
@@Sgt_Glory it would probably flip over on its back due to all of the drag and it being very top heavy
I love this car. I remember playing in one as a kid. I was really young and to me it was so awesome. If I recall it didn’t run, we just played in it. For the life of me though I can’t remember who had it. Oh well, I’m sure it will come to me. I remember when we first saw it we thought it was like a fancy horse carriage. I remember pretending we were cowboys carrying a box of gold or something like that. We were kinda disappointed when we found it was a car.
Did it come to ya??
The gentleman that originally owned my historic home drove a Baker Electric. Their headquarters and service center is just down the street. It was the car of choice for the wealthy since it was clean and push button start vs. crank etc. The biggest problem was having enough juice to get to the top of Cedar Hill. There are vintage photos of cars not making it to the top.
I love Jay Leno's knowledge and appreciation for all of these wonderful pieces of engineering.
Electric cars are both the future and the past
Electric cars will never be viable
@@milesromanus7041 they will with time
There isn't enough Lithium in the world to produce enough electric cars to replace the current world fleet of gas guzzling cars.....
@@martinhess7334 What about Graphene batteries?
@@martinhess7334 What about organic batteries?
Fascinating history. Always a fun and informative show w/Jay Leno.
I really like his auto restoration efforts...Thank you for posting!
Thank you Jay for preserving and remediating these antique motors. Ya done so well. Good on ya mate.
Just think it's a 110 years old and probably still runs great
just changed the batteries 😂
Less moving parts, less to wear out and go wrong. Aside from the batteries every 15 years or so, today's electrics will likely last just as long as the Baker.
@@MylesV Its funny but the Tesla Cybertruck will likely be one of the longest lived vehicles to survive into the future since its made 100% out of stainless steel, its not going to rust in several human lifetimes. All it will need is a battery and driveline change every now and then. I bet in musems in 500 years there will be a Tesla Cybertruck there looking quite sharp.
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Back then things were built to last, today they are built to fail on purpose (planned obsolescence).
One car Jay was talking about the magneto and how it was origanal and over 100 years old. See, shit was built to last and we got away from that cause there was no money in service cause nothing ever broke and if the off chance it did it was so easily accessible anyone with common sense could repair it. Great show Dennis and Mr. leno
Omg!!! This thing is a true beauty!!!
Jay seems like a genuine good guy. You could work with him in the garage then go out for a drink. Liked seeing him working under the cars, just like we do.
"The suspension...is not really, there."
Donald Duck's granny drove this same car in the comic books!
I was gonna say the same thing! Granny Mcduck was unbeatable!
But was it electric in the comics??
@@someotamatonewithayoutubea9478 Yes. Of course. It was referred to simply as "Granny's Electric".
@@albertrobbins6482 allright, i also like donald duck comics
Wow, thanks... As a kid when we had *no* electric cars (and wasn't told they had ever existed), I was always puzzled at the Baker's design in the Disney comics...I couldn't figure out where the engine was at(!) A car design ahead of its time.
“It’s like driving a phone booth”
The kids today-
“A phone what?”
So many years passed since I first watched his show. He’s still in good shape. He sounds the same too.
100 miles per charge is more than the original nissan leaf. I know the leaf has more amenities, but that is truly an embarrassment.
Its not though. there are things like price, charging, power steering/brakes, There are alot of thing going on in the leaf and other new electric cars then there were back then. freeway speeds in excess of 65mph.
Ryan Bernadett Nevertheless, this was 100 years ago. If people have kept developing this, we would have had a tesla in the 60s. Without the ipad thing but you know what I mean.
Definitely, that would have been really nice
I completely agree. Designers and engineers need to look upon past designs to see what they can improve on to better their cars. But as you said the people at Nissan are to stupid to do what I just said.
+The real doktorbimmer you can build a car lighter than 60's cars and before then. but not proper usable cars. You'd have to buy cars like a Lotus 7 or Caterham Roadster with the cloth roof. but yea as a safety tested and all that kind of car you wouldnt be able to get them lighter.
I Would like to hear more on that old lady that took this to hair salon in Beverly Hills
that is
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CENTURY ahead of it's time WOW
“My Classic Car”, bet Jay grinds his teeth every time he hears you say that! Great you are dragging him and his collection out so we can all see them!
Future transport and car enthusiasts will enshrine his passion and thank him and many other collectors and restorers for saving as much as they could!
Man...Jay Leno is such a class act....more celebs should strive to be like him.
Wow, it is September 2019 and it is still nice to watch.
oh, man, those oldschool Jays videos, they are just perfect
Yes, a 6 Volt battery will deliver more current if it's the same size as a 12 Volt battery. (more area inside each cell)
I love how far back you sit, it really is just a horse drawn carriage without the horse
That's a horseless carriage.
@@stevencorrea7982 WHAT!!! CARRIAGES DONT HAVE HORSES ANYMORE....Blasfame....witch craft...
@@jackalenterprisesofohio pfft like horseless carriage would ever take off its a fad just like these new fangled telephones or what every you call it
Notice people can sit FACING the driver. I'd like to know how the driver would see around them, especially if it was someone wearing say a big bustle skirt & a huge hat?
wow this is amazing. 1905, 100 mile range, 15000 in New York, charging stations. WTF?!
@Techrecycle4u no lol. There was no electricity outside of major cities until the 1930s when hydroelectric dams were completed.
We had alot of highway work done by 1915 and the original cement national highway grid by completed in 1922, gas stations had become widespread by this time, and in more remote areas you could always keep spare jugs of gas.
The possibility of recharging an electric outside of your city was at least a decade away and much much longer until the average citizen everywhere could make use of an electric car. Not to mention the cost, all cars were only for the wealthy until the Ford model T in 1909 when middle class families could now afford a car and along with Ford's revolutionary moving assembly line increasing production capability 6 fold in 1913 making his affordable car also available.
Even if someone were a major city resident in 1920 why buy an electric car that can't leave town, when you can just buy a gas powered car that can while also being much cheaper and faster?
They were a good choice in the early years around 1900 when at the outskirts of cities the "roads" ended and became just 2 rut wagon trails, gasoline was hard to find and the combustion engine wasn't very reliable at all. 15 or so years later none of this was the case and the electric car faded into obsolescence.
See how silly the Oil company conspiracy sounds now?
@@toki89666 the oil company theory isn't a theory though
Not until the 90s when they killed the EV1
I absolutely love the warning bell! Reminds me of an old streetcar or trolley from that era.
Great Virtual Ride In COOL GRANNY,,THANKS FOR YOU & JAY FOR IMPARTING KNOWLEDCE TO THE WORLD
Never Did I think Jay to be the old romantic, really cool car, I can well believe it would be an amazing Christmas car.
Perfect city car, should be here today exactly as they are
seriously though! who owns the patent for this thing? get new ones rolling off the line and people will buy them! i want one!
although a couple small things could be updated like giving it a normal steering wheel
@@dguy0386 A replica made now would not have the historic vehicles' exemption from modern regulations, so it would need all the safety gear. And have to survive crash testing!
@@faithlesshound5621 only if its a car
golf car is not safe too
electric bike can go faster than 23 miles
see it as a mobility scooter
That's so cool. Things are definitely not made the way they used to be. That thing about the Edison battery at the beginning was crazy too.
They really are nice cars! I remember the old gals in Marinette taking their Baker Electrics to the.department store, really a surprise just to see something that old run, but they took good care of them. Thanks Dennis and Jay for the quiet tour!!
100 miles on a charge 110 years ago? NOOO theres NO Big-oil conspiracy ....
Gasoline was cheap af back then, so people felt no need to change the engines to electric ones
Also cars where slow af back then, and because drag is exponential they didn't need much energy as a normal highway car would need for the same milage
no, its 100 miles on a 110 year old car but with modern batteries
@@wojtas2524 Also wages were also low back then 😂
thats like sarcastically saying "NOOO there was no operation condor" its just something that is pretty much common knowledge by now
Why does something from so long ago look like it should be the future?
Jay talking about him and his wife taking it to look at Christmas lights sounds so fun and romantic. The perfect car for that. Quiet, slow, nostalgic, big windows. That's definitely what I would do with it.
Wholy WOW Mr. Pringles Man!! I know this car from his channel and now ur driving it! This vid was totally awesome!
Baker Electric? I don't know what he's talking about. That's the Grandma Duck car.
Andrew Cuthbertson - That’s right. I thought Jay would mention it.
The grandma Duck car was actually designed after a Detroit Electric. A very similar car from a different manufacturer.
AYY LMAO👽👽👽
Grandma (Elvira) Duck drives a Detroit Electric.
"I don't know how he gets in here, he's like a ghost" 😂😂😂 simply hilarious
I had no idea they existed. What a beauty. Thank you so much for this video.
My Grandfather worked for Baker. I loved this video.
mustache goes good with the car
that little bugger cold go 100 miles on a charge? in 1909???
whats your excuse modern electrics >: | yes even the Tesla.
Yeah, 100 miles , with those crusty batteries on UNPAVED Roads . Whos your source ?
um jay leno? he said it in the video didn't you watch it?
oh kay?
It seems so, and a lot more elegance than a Tesla , riding around in this would give you a ' superiority complex ' - I'm impressed and over a 100 years ago !.
100 miles @ 27 mph Vs tesla 283 miles @ 50 mph
observe that the Tesla ranges were taken from forums and aren't 100% accurate. what's your argument?
Learn something new everyday! I had no idea that an electric car with a charge station infrastructure was a concept that dates back over 100 years ago!
This little thing is like a gadget, and it's awesome
These types of vehicles change how I see the past
A lady Professor at Akron U. Akron, Ohio drove one of these electric cars to the university every day back in 1960.
Jay, you and Barnaby really have found some gems!
i've always loved that 1909. you had this car for a long time and as would i. it is a treasure to own something like that. that car should be used in a movie.
that is so amazing. Number one car on the wish list :)
Such a beautiful little car!
My Dad would have loved this! He opened the first body shop in our small town. His first project was to clear out the anvil, iron forge and probably a lot of horse poo. I have a lot of great memories of riding on a wooden crate as he drove.
We had a shop in Aptos California, Aptos Village Garage, we had 3A towing etc, Had dead batter call off Club House Dr, in the garage was my service call vehicle, but also in the garage was an old Baker electric car, As I inquired about this old electric car, the Lady of the house told me they were decendants of the Baker family that made the cars, and sure enough their last name was Baker, we talked a bit but had to run as calls were backing up.
This has to be the MOST INTERESTING thing I've seen in Jay's cast collection.
Jay Leno has real cars, not die cast.
I am amazed by that car. It is so agile in that tight place. I think we did not follow the right direction when we decided that gasoline is better.
Try stocking your local supermarket with goods brought in by electric trucks. Sorry, but you'd be mostly hauling batteries.
nothing beats the sound and the exhaust spitting flames of a gasoline car
Gasoline has never nor will be better, it's more convenient, therefore it wins every time
@@dieselgeezer18 The only problem is that they are incredibly destructive to the environment. They can and are slightly improved all the time, but electric vehicle motor and battery technology is advancing faster, and is becoming less and less environmentally damaging from a manufacturing standpoint faster than gasoline powered or hybrid vehicles.
@@SweetBearCub no. Have you ever thought how electricity is produced? Power plants consume fossil fuel in order to produce electricity and charge your electric car. Lithium mining is very toxic for the environment too. And if someone is bored, which many people are, and throw their batteries away without proper recycling, it is bad for the environment. Also, gasoline cars convert the chemical energy of the fuel directly to movement. But electricity power plants convert chemical energy of the fossil fuel to electricity and then to movement which lowers the total efficiency of the electric car a lot.
Back in the 40,s 2 old maids used to come to cemetery across from our house ,neat as I only heard relays!
I think this one is my favorite of all your car Mr. Jay.