'The Lady and the Dale' on HBO: Did the Dale Car Ever Go on Sale?
On 2/1/21 at 4:55 AM EST
The Inventor. This time, the series tells the story of entrepreneur Geraldine Elizabeth Carmichael, who in the 1970s made waves in the car industry with her Dale Car. According to her, the car operated 100 percent electronically, was nearly impossible to tip over and could withstand a 30 miles an hour collision into a wall without real damage—all for under $2,000.
If this three-wheeled car sounds too good to be true, that is because it was—and Carmichael was not who she claimed to be. Assigned male at birth, she was wanted on counterfeiting charges from the time before she transitioned.