A closer look
Picture the year 1899: carriages still ruled the streets, and the horse was king of speed. Then comes a cigar-shaped machine gleaming like a silver rocket—the first vehicle to ever surpass 100 km/h. And here’s the surprise: it wasn’t powered by the 'modern' solution of gasoline, but by electricity. Named 'La Jamais Contente,' or 'The Never Satisfied,' it lived up to its name by utterly smashing assumptions of the time. Long before today’s talk of electric cars, people already glimpsed their thrilling potential. History, it turns out, sped past on a lightning bolt.
