The electric vehicle : technology and expectations in the automobile age / Gijs Mom.

By: Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: Dutch Publication details: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2004.Description: xiii, 423 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 0801871387 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Uniform titles:
  • Geschiedenis van de auto van morgen. English
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • TL220 .M6613 2004
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Contents:
Substituting for the horse, choosing propulsion -- Separate spheres : culture and technology of the early car -- Failed experiments : the first-generation electric taxicab -- Horse power : the city car, the touring car, and the crisis of 1907 -- The Trojan horse : the competition for the taxicab market -- The electrified horse : the commercial vehicle in Europe -- The serious side of mobility : the electric truck in the United States -- Off the road and back : utilitarian niches or new universalism? -- Alternative technologies and the history of tomorrow's car.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-411) and index.

Substituting for the horse, choosing propulsion -- Separate spheres : culture and technology of the early car -- Failed experiments : the first-generation electric taxicab -- Horse power : the city car, the touring car, and the crisis of 1907 -- The Trojan horse : the competition for the taxicab market -- The electrified horse : the commercial vehicle in Europe -- The serious side of mobility : the electric truck in the United States -- Off the road and back : utilitarian niches or new universalism? -- Alternative technologies and the history of tomorrow's car.

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