The electric vehicle : technology and expectations in the automobile age /
Mom, Gijs, 1949-
The electric vehicle : technology and expectations in the automobile age / Gijs Mom ; translation, Jenny Wormer. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003. - xiii, 423 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Translation of: Geschiedenis van de Auto van Morgen.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-411) and index.
Prologue: Substituting for the Horse, Choosing Propulsion. The First Generation (1881-1902) : 1. Separate Spheres: Culture and Technology of the Early Car -- 2. Failed Experiments: The First-Generation Electric Taxicab. The Second Generation (1902-1925) : 3. Horse Power: The City Car, the Touring Car, and the Crisis of 1907 -- 4. The Trojan Horse: The Competition for the Taxicab Market -- 5. The Electrified Horse: The Commercial Vehicle in Europe. The Third Generation and Beyond : 6. The Serious Side of Mobility: The Electric Truck in the United States -- 7. Off the Road and Back: Utilitarian Niches or New Universalism? Epilogue: Alternative Technologies and the History of Tomorrow's Car.
0801871387 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2002151369
Automobiles, Electric--History.
TL220 / .M6613 2003
629.22/93/09
The electric vehicle : technology and expectations in the automobile age / Gijs Mom ; translation, Jenny Wormer. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003. - xiii, 423 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Translation of: Geschiedenis van de Auto van Morgen.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-411) and index.
Prologue: Substituting for the Horse, Choosing Propulsion. The First Generation (1881-1902) : 1. Separate Spheres: Culture and Technology of the Early Car -- 2. Failed Experiments: The First-Generation Electric Taxicab. The Second Generation (1902-1925) : 3. Horse Power: The City Car, the Touring Car, and the Crisis of 1907 -- 4. The Trojan Horse: The Competition for the Taxicab Market -- 5. The Electrified Horse: The Commercial Vehicle in Europe. The Third Generation and Beyond : 6. The Serious Side of Mobility: The Electric Truck in the United States -- 7. Off the Road and Back: Utilitarian Niches or New Universalism? Epilogue: Alternative Technologies and the History of Tomorrow's Car.
0801871387 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2002151369
Automobiles, Electric--History.
TL220 / .M6613 2003
629.22/93/09