TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mom,Gijs
TI  - The electric vehicle: technology and expectations in the automobile age 
SN  - 0801871387 (hardcover : alk. paper)
AV  - TL220 .M6613 2003
U1  - 629.22/93/09 21
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Baltimore
PB  - Johns Hopkins University Press
KW  - Automobiles, Electric
KW  - History
N1  - 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
ER  -