52 years after his death, remembering the man who built Canada's first gas-powered vehicle
by Marc Montgomery from CBC | Edmonton News on (#5ARZD)
The year was 1896, Foss had been running a machinery shop, smithy, bicycle and electrical repair business at the time. He caught the idea of building a powered vehicle after a trip to Boston and a ride in a battery-powered electric wagon, but which he noted only had power for about 30 minutes.