Electriquette

Two people seated in an Electriquette (1915)

The Electriquette was an electric vehicle with a two-person bench seat and exterior made of rattan (wicker). The vehicle was an early form of battery-powered motorized wheelchair or cart, and it utilized a motor manufactured by General Electric. At the 1915 Panama–California Exposition in San Diego, California, the Electriquette could be rented for $1.00 per hour (equivalent to $30 in 2023). A variation of the vehicle was later manufactured for disabled veterans of World War I.[1] No original chairs are known to have survived, but in 2016 new chairs were designed and reintroduced to Balboa Park in San Diego.

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