List Price: $55.00
as of 03/15/2010 14:07 EDT
Amazon.com's Price: $49.50
You Save: $5.50 (10%)as of 03/15/2010 14:07 EDT
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping.
Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 629.2293
EAN: 9780786418725
ISBN: 0786418729
Label: McFarland & Company
Manufacturer: McFarland & Company
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 199
Publication Date: November 01, 2004
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Studio: McFarland & Company
Related Items:
- The Electric Vehicle and the Burden of History
- Plug-in Hybrids: The Cars that will Recharge America
- The Car That Could: The Inside Story of GM's Revolutionary Electric Vehicle
- Who Killed the Electric Car?
- Build Your Own Electric Vehicle
- see more
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Far from being a modern conception, electric cars were among the first vehicles on the road. In the formative days of the automobile, a third of cars were electric, and they challenged internal combustion engine-driven vehicles for primacy. Economic and environmental concerns have periodically revived widespread interest in electric cars and hybrid vehicles, and the quest for a non- or less-polluting vehicle that meets consumers performance demands continues today. The story of the electric car is a long one, and it is still being written.
This illustrated history of electric and hybrid vehicles covers the companies that produced various models; the politics that have surrounded them; the environmental aspects of electric and hybrid vehicles versus internal combustion engines; efforts to overcome technological challenges associated with electric vehicles; marketing strategies through the decades; and public attitudes towards these vehicles throughout their existence. An appendix lists important dates in the history of electric cars, and a glossary defines associated acronyms.
Average Rating: 
Rating:
- An illustrated history of electric and hybrid carsElectric cars are typically seen as a modern invention: in fact, they were among the first vehicles on the road: in the car's early days a third were electric, and they competed strongly with gas cars. In Electric And Hybrid Cars: A History, Judy and Curtis Anderson collaborate to provide the reader an illustrated history of electric and hybrid cars, surveying not only the history of their construction and promotion, but the political and social controversies which have surrounding their development and use.
