Edison’s Electric Car could go 1000 miles with his "new" at that time battery, 1910. New York. More than 110 years ago we had electric cars that had 1000 miles run batteries on a single charge, which is at least 2-3 times better than today’s best electric car battery. Back in the day they didn't use Lithium batteries, instead they used Sodium ion batteries which were much more powerful, safer and cleaner for production and environment.