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Electric cars from major manufacturers like Chevy and Nissan as well as startups like Tesla and Lucid Motors are bringing cutting-edge emissions-free technology to modern roads. And Formula E is bringing elite-level all-electric racing to cities worldwide. But as newfangled as these cars seem, they are far from the first. By, like, a century. Lightning in a Throttle: How Three EVs Set Some of the Earliest Auto Racing Records is an ebook in three acts: - A proto-hipster who dropped out of Columbia to start an electric vehicle business in Brooklyn - A speed-crazed Belgian who battled to break the 100 km/h barrier - An inventor whose inventions sometimes veered off track - literally - and into crowds of spectators

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Kristen Hall-Geisler is a freelance automotive journalist living in Portland, Oregon. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, US News & World Report, Wired, Popular Science, and HowStuffWorks.com. She is the author of Take the Wheel: A Woman's Guide to Buying a Car Her Own Damn Self.

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