In late September of 1914, the Milburn Wagon Company began the manufacture of their "1915" Milburn Light Electric automobiles, based on a design by Karl Probst, who later designed the Bantam Jeep. During their eight years of production, from 1915 to 1923, they turned out over 4,000 cars.

The 1915 Milburn Light Electric Coupe (Model 15) sold for $1,485 and the Roadster (Model 151) for $1,285; both were built on the same chassis with a 100-inch wheelbase. The Milburn was the lowest-priced electric of the time and much lighter than its competition. The 1915 Milburn had four forward speeds and two reverse speeds. It had a range of about 50 miles on a charge and could attain a speed of about 15 MPH as a Coupe and about 19 MPH as a Roadster.

An online archive created to encourage electric vehicle enthusiasts to help preserve the recent history of electric vehicles.

A telling of the early history of electric vehicles, by Paul Hughes. "Today, few people realize that successful electric automobiles were being produced as early as the 1880's. For over 20 years, electric cars were commercially produced, and were for some years in heady competition with internal combustion and steam-powered carriages. Not until internal combustion technology and promotion, along with cheap fuel, had outstripped all competition, did electric cars drop out of the automotive picture."

A history of some of the makes, marques and movers in the history of on-road EVs. It is not intended to be as complete as some published works on the subject.