Electric trucks : a history of delivery vehicles, semis, forklifts and others / Kevin Desmond ; foreword by Umberto de Pretto.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Desmond, Kevin, 1950- author.

Contributor:

De Pretto, Umberto, writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial electric trucks--History.

Industrial electric trucks.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

vii, 259 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., publishers, [2020]

Summary:

"Welcomed at end of the 19th century as the solution to the severe problem of horse manure in city streets, electric trucks soon became the norm for short-haul commercial deliveries. Though reliable, they were gradually replaced by gasoline-powered trucks for long-haul deliveries-although a fleet of electric milk trucks survived in Great Britain into the 1960s. Industrial electric vehicles never disappeared from factories and ports. During the past decade, with the availability of the lithium-ion battery, the electric truck is back on the road for all payloads and all distances. The fourth in a series covering the history and future of electric transport, this book chronicles the work of the innovative engineers who perfected e-trucks large and small"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Pioneers

Outside the USA

Inter-war years

SOVELs to TAMAs

"Drinka Pinta Milka Day!"

The OPEC effect

The Li-ion advantage

In recent months-2016 to present

Start-ups out of a driverless future.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781476676159

1476676151

OCLC:

1089014357