Question

select the best evidence to support the statement that the first electric cars had several drawbacks. in the late 1800s there was a race to invent the \horseless carriage.\...coal was too heavy to use for fuel, so people tried other things, including natural gas, gunpowder, and something we now think of as modern: batteries. for a while, batteries seemed to be the answer—by 1897 new york city had a fleet of electric taxis, and in 1899 the world land - speed record of 68 miles per hour (109 kilometers per hour) was set in an electric car. but the batteries were heavy and cumbersome relative to the power they supplied, and they burned out if you tried to go too fast. from richard hammond, car science. copyright 2008 by dk publishing

Explanation:

To support the statement about first electric cars having drawbacks, we need evidence about their limitations. The sentence "But the batteries were heavy and cumbersome relative to the power they supplied, and they burned out if you tried to go too fast" describes issues (heavy, cumbersome, burnout at speed) with the batteries of early electric cars, showing their drawbacks.

Answer:

But the batteries were heavy and cumbersome relative to the power they supplied, and they burned out if you tried to go too fast.