Overview

The electric vehicle seemed poised in 1900 to be a leader in automotive production. Clean, odorless, noiseless and mechanically simple, electrics rarely broke down and were easy to operate. An electric car could be started instantly from the driver's seat; no other machine could claim that advantage. But then it all went wrong. As this history details, the hope and confidence of 1900 collapsed and just two decades later electric cars were effectively dead. They had remained expensive even as gasoline cars saw dramatic price reductions, and the storage battery was an endless source of problems. An increasingly frantic public relations campaign of lies and deceptive advertising could not turn the tide.

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Author:   Kerry Segrave
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.467kg
ISBN:  

9781476676715

ISBN 10:   1476676712
Pages:   263
Publication Date:   11 April 2019
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Preface Introduction Part I: Pre-1895  1. Prior to 1890  2. The Years 1890–1894 Part II: 1895–1900, Electrics Show Great Promise  3. 1895–1900, the Overview  4. 1895–1900, the Cabs  5. 1895–1900, the Industry  6. 1895–1900, the Battery  7. 1895–1900, the Exhibitions  8. 1895–1900, the Motive Powers  9. 1895–1900, the Users Part III: 1901–1913, Gasoline Cars Advance; Electrics Stagnate 10. 1901–1913, the Overview 11. 1901–1913, the Cabs 12. 1901–1913, the Industry 13. 1901–1913, the Battery 14. 1901–1913, the Exhibitions 15. 1901–1913, the Motive Powers 16. 1901–1913, the Users Part IV: 1914–1922, End Times for Electrics 17. 1914–1922, the Crank Start 18. 1914–1922, the Industry 19. 1914–1922, the Battery 20. 1914–1922, the Users Appendix: Statistics Chapter Notes Bibliography Index

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The author skillfully connects the texts of hundreds of articles from online archival research to tell a detailed story of the electric car's origins, peppering the pages with reproductions of advertisements and photographs....Segrave brings together a great deal of information about many short-lived electric car models...a substantial amount of archival research...recommended --Choice; Fascinating reading --Hemmings Daily; extraordinary...will prove to be an enduringly popular addition to both community and academic library collections...a must read --Midwest Book Review.

Extraordinary...will prove to be an enduringly popular addition to both community and academic library collections...a must read --Midwest Book Review.

Author Information

Cultural historian Kerry Segrave is the author of dozens of books on such diverse topics as drive-in theaters, ticket-scalping, lie detectors, jukeboxes, smoking and shoplifting. He lives in British Columbia.

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