Ah, I missed my own deadline! I'll have a proper edited video out soon documenting the whole rescue process, but for now here it is- our Marathon C360, the last surviving one in the world. youtu.be/CqJIg-Kc5ig #EV #history #carculture #cars

State of the Marathon

YouTube video by Infinity Systems

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The Marathon C360 is one of the most interesting and certainly most forgotten EVs of the 1970s "crap era". Somewhat uniquely among the offerings on the North American market at the time, it wasn't designed as a gas-saving commuter vehicle- but as a genuine workhorse. Thread: #carculture #EV #history

#didyouknow that Québec hosted a pioneering EV manufacturer in the late 1970s and early 1980s? Marathon Electric Vehicles made a good first impression during the gas crunch of the 70s, but quickly fell from grace once fuel became cheap again. Now almost all trace of it is gone. Almost...