See a Brilliant complete time-line HERE from American Public Broadcasting Services dot com including the text from the page:
"1900
The electric automobile is in its heyday. Of the 4,192 cars produced in the United States 28 percent are powered by electricity, and electric autos represent about one-third of all cars found on the roads of New York City, Boston, and Chicago.
A Ford Model THenry Ford introduces the mass-produced and gasoline-powered Model T, which will have a profound effect on the U.S. automobile market."
