In the US in 1900, close to one in three new cars were powered by electricity – they were outselling, and the industry was worth more, than all other types of cars available. Today, fewer than one in 20 new cars are electric – even after a decade of exponential market growth.
https://www.iflscience.com/when-electric-cars-ruled-the-road-100-years-before-telsa-65179