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What other options were there in 1916 for portable power in that size?
A team of guinea pigs?
Electric cars existed and were quite common. I doubt a lead acid battery at the time had a ton of range in this size, though.
I've been trying to find examples of the supposed marketing for electric cars where they were trying to promote it as a better choice for women because electric cars don't produce smog. I want to say "as if men wouldn't want less smog as well" but people roll coal going past me on the bike even here in canada.
You're both sort of wrong. The scooter she's on was manufactured as an electric and converted to petrol. There was debate about which one is in the picture.
This appears to be a misunderstanding. The box on the platform is for a battery, yes, but it was used to power an electric ignition coil:
https://www.treehugger.com/autoped-was-worlds-first-scooter-4858489
There was no electric motor design in 1916 that could have powered this scooter from a battery that size.
Pretty sure she is on a petrol one - there is a fuel tank above the front wheel, and you can see the fuel line going into the throttle body above the single piston engine. You can also see the exhaust and muffler below and behind the piston.
Also looking into it more, I don't think the Autoped was ever offered with an electric motor. Apparently the confusion comes from the fact that the company was bought out by the battery manufacturer Eveready, and sold as Eveready Autoped. Eveready modified the Autoped by adding a battery and ignition coil, replacing the original magneto system, but propulsion was always by means of a petrol engine.
I don't think the one in the photo has the battery and coil however - the coil can be seen here in front of the gas tank, but is missing in the OP photo.
"sort of wrong" is sadly a highpoint for my dumb ass!
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Hey, sort of wrong is also sort of right and that's more than good enough.