Oh, I am not saying that there were no electric cars...I am saying that because of the lack of energy density, with chemical batteries, an electric car would not have as good of a driving experience as the same car with a two to three hundred horsepower piston engine., nor the same range on one fueling...
Now I am sure that someone will bring up the TESLA...yes its a fast car, but you go through the charge very quickly so that you have trouble driving to Las Vegas from L.A. on one charge....
When you have it so that you can't tell by the way the car drives whether or not its electric, THEN the age of electric motor vehicles is here.