Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Automobiles
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
Motor
Author: The Automobile Journal
Author: Automobile Journal
Author: Ignition and Accessories
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electric automobiles
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
Electrical World
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electrical engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Ward's Automobile Topics
Author: Electrical Installation Record
Author: The Motor World
Author: The Automobile
Author: The Electric Car in America, 1890-1922
Author: Kerry SegravePublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476634963
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The electric vehicle seemed poised in 1900 to be a leader in automotive production. Clean, odorless, noiseless and mechanically simple, electrics rarely broke down and were easy to operate. An electric car could be started instantly from the driver's seat; no other machine could claim that advantage. But then it all went wrong. As this history details, the hope and confidence of 1900 collapsed and just two decades later electric cars were effectively dead. They had remained expensive even as gasoline cars saw dramatic price reductions, and the storage battery was an endless source of problems. An increasingly frantic public relations campaign of lies and deceptive advertising could not turn the tide.