Background
The first automobiles were introduced in the 1890s. Over the next 10 years, various inventors and manufacturers developed automobiles (and later trucks) that were powered by fossil fuels, batteries and steam.
The Lansden Company, a manufacturer and marketer of electric vehicles, was incorporated in New Jersey on this day in 1904. The Newark-based company was founded by John M. Lansden and William M. Little, and they focused mainly on large vehicles such as trucks. The Lansden Company...