David Burge, an antique car expert and respected internet scoundrel, informs us in a Twitter thread that the Maytag Corporation used to make cars.
Although it's most famous for its household appliances, the company founded by F.L. Maytag made cars for several years, starting in 1910. It was most famous for its hill climbing cars. During the Great Depression, it also produced what we would today call go-karts.
That line of go-karts was powered by the same gasoline-fed engine available in its washing machines.
It would make a lot of sense to have household appliances, if they were available at all, powered independently.
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