In this circa 1902 photo, we’re seeing a man parked on Spring Street in downtown Los Angeles at 8^th Street. He’s sitting in a car called a Waverley Electromobile. I found it amazing that we’ve had electric cars all this time but went with the air-polluting gas-guzzlers—and look what that’s led to. In fact, according to my friend at the Petersen Automotive Museum, there were more electric cars on the road when this photo was taken than there were gasoline-powered vehicles. And typically these vehicles rode around on solid rubber tires because they shared the roads with horses and so horseshoe nails littered the streets, causing punctures to pneumatic tires. I’m also guessing it would have been a bumpy ride!