VOLTS & VENGEANCE

It starts with a monk.

1828. Hungary. Ányos Jedlik makes a tiny motor spin using electricity, tells nobody, and goes back to praying. He just invented the foundation of the entire EV industry. The world ignores it for 200 years.

That's this book in miniature.

EVs were actually winning in 1900.

One in three American cars was electric. They were silent, clean, and fast. In 1899, a torpedo-shaped Belgian EV broke 100 km/h — first vehicle ever to do it. Electric.

Then Texas found cheap oil. Game over for 80 years.