from the editor
Electric-powered cars charge ahead
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magine the stir the first horseless carriage in Riverside must have created. Powered by a gasoline engine, its top speed was 38 mph. It was operated by manipulating three levers and a brake, and it could go forward and also in reverse. It cost $1,000, which back then was a steep price for such a contraption. Few, if any, in town had seen anything like it. The vehicle’s arrival was worthy of a story in the hometown newspaper. On Feb. 15, 1900, the Riverside Daily Press proclaimed, “In the parlance of Yon Yonson, it’s a ‘Yim Dandy.’ ” Within three years, the Cadillac made its local debut, and separately the Magnolia Automobile Company had sprung up and was producing vehicles — as many as 12 at a time
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The first Cadillac arrived in Riverside in 1903, when this picture was taken, a year after company was founded.
— in a factory at the corner of East Sixth Street and Eucalyptus Avenue. Riverside embraced cars at the start of the last century, and by 1912 at least one community leader was looking to the future. Samuel C. Evans, the city’s
first mayor, was pushing to build infrastructure for electric vehicles. Today, everything appears to be coming together for EVs. With rising gasoline prices and air pollution, our times demand it. Researchers, entrepreneurs and others are getting involved, and we touch on some highlights of their work in the Green Riverside story on Page 24 of this issue. Imagine never having to pull into a gas station to fill up your car. Imagine running that car from a renewable power source. Imagine where electric vehicles go from here.
Jerry Rice jerry.rice@inlandnewspapers.com 909-386-3015 Twitter: @JerryRiceIE
The Riverside County Philharmonic & Music Director Tomasz Golka Present
“Reigniting the Classics” OUR 2013-2014 SEASON “In the Spotlight” – Chamber music program
limited seats available first to Philharmonic subscribers
March 15, 2014
Barbara and Art Culver Center of the Arts – co-presented with the University of California, Riverside An evening of solo and trio sonatas by Corelli, Tartini, Vivaldi, Geminiani, and Legrenzi featuring principal players of the Riverside County Philharmonic plus STRAVINSKY “Soldier’s Tale”
“Beautiful Strings”
“Holiday Magic”
“Classical Titans”
“From the Heart”
RACHMANINOFF “Vocalise” SIBELIUS “Romance, Op. 42” J. STRAUSS “Pizzicato Polka” BARTOK “Rumanian Folk Dances” TCHAIKOVSKY “Serenade for Strings”
BIZET “Farandole” TCHAIKOVSKY “Nutcracker” (excerpts) DAVID FICK “Christmas Carols” (world premiere) ANDERSON “Christmas Festival” WENDEL “Hanukah Overture” GUARALDI/PUGH “Charlie Brown Christmas” FINNEGAN “Singalong”
Guest artist – piano soloist to be named BEETHOVEN “Piano Concerto #4” HAYDN Symphony #103 “Drumroll”
Guest artist –JOSEPH SWENSEN, violin MAHONEY World premiere SIBELIUS “Violin Concerto” BRAHMS “Symphony #2”
SEPTEMBER 21, 2013
NOVEMBER 30, 2013
JANUARY 2014
MAY 2014
Fox PerForming ArtS Center, riverSide For season ticket information please contact the Riverside County Philharmonic at 951-787-0251. All concerts begin at 7:30 p.m. ~ Dates, times, locations, artists and programs are subject to change. 6 | riversidethemag.com | april-may 2013