Taking Charge The Electric Automobile in America

Name: Taking Charge The Electric Automobile in America
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ISBN: 9781588340764

ISBN-10: 1588340767

ISBN-13: 9781588340764

Edition: 2nd 2003

Authors: Michael Schiffer, Tamara C. Butts, Kimberly K. Grimm

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In 1900 28% of automobiles in the US were electric, but within two decades the electric motor had been forgotten by the car industry. This book explores the cultural factors that favoured the internal commbustion engine & looks anew at electric car technology & the prospects for the future.

Book details

List price: $29.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
Publication date: 6/22/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Preface


A Spectacular Flop


And Then there was Light (and Power)


On Trolleys and Bicycles


A Technological Convergence


The Electric Automobile Goes to Market


Getting a Charge


The Wizard Comes to the Rescue


A Dark Age Descends


The Road to Revival


The Classic Age


Denouement


Prognosis for the Electric Car


Quotation Credits


Selected Bibliography


Index