Car wars : the rise, the fall, and the resurgence of the electric car / John J. Fialka.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fialka, John J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electric automobiles--United States--History.

Electric automobiles.

History.

United States.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xx, 268 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press, 2015.

Summary:

"Award-winning former Wall Street Journal reporter John Fialka brings to life this thrilling and important story about American's rejection and second obsession with the electric car. Starting with the early days of the electric car, Fialka documents the M.I.T./Caltech race between prototypes in the summer of 1968 and takes readers up to visionaries like Elon Musk and the upstart young Tesla Motors. Today, the electric has captured the imagination and pocketbooks of American consumers. Organizations like the U.S. Department of Energy and the state of California, along with companies from the old-guard of General Motors and Toyota have embraced the once-extinct technology. The electric car has steadily gained traction in the U.S. and around the world. We are watching the start of a trillion dollar, worldwide race to see who will dominate one of the biggest commercial upheavals of the 21st century. Drawing from the last decade of his 26-year career at the Wall Street Journal, where he covered energy and environmental matters, ClimateWire founder and industry insider John Fialka recounts the creation and eventual acceptance of the electric car in this thorough, historical look at a subculture, the captains of industry and the technology that made the whole thing possible"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The great electric car race

"Whatever happens will happen!"

The "adventurer"

Charging toward night

The dream

Who makes the rules?

Quest for a better battery

Supercar

Crash program

Doing less with more

Selling

The EV grin

A difficult birth

Shocking moments

Hit one out of the park

Running ahead of the pack

Into the valley of death

The chickens come first

Crossing points

Dealing

Innovation

Room at the top

Win on Sunday, sell on Monday

Shifting into high.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-255) and index.

ISBN:

9781250048707

1250048702

OCLC:

913957610

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