The Black Inventor Who Built the FIRST Electric Car (In the 1800s!)

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*Video Description:*

Before Henry Ford’s assembly line and long before Tesla became a household name, a Black inventor in the 1800s dared to build something the world wasn’t ready for—the first electric car. In an age where horse-drawn carriages filled the streets and gasoline hadn’t yet conquered the future, William H. Dungey and other forgotten African American inventors were experimenting with electricity as a power source for transportation.

Their brilliance has been buried under centuries of erasure. History books celebrate Benz, Edison, and Ford, but rarely mention the Black visionaries who laid the foundations for clean, sustainable travel over a century ago. This is the story of how a man defied the barriers of racism, patent restrictions, and societal prejudice to pioneer an invention far ahead of his time.

This video uncovers the hidden legacy of the first Black inventor who built an electric carriage in the 1800s and rewrites a chapter of history that deserves to be told. Because the future of electric cars is not just about Tesla—it is about reclaiming the forgotten Black past that helped shape it.

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