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The Electric Vehicle : Technology and Expectations in the Automobile Age /

"In Electric Vehicle, Gijs Mom challenges this view, arguing that at the beginning of the automobile age neither the internal combustion engine nor the battery-powered vehicle enjoyed a clear advantage. He explores the technology and marketing/consumer-feedback relationship over four "gene...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Mom, Gijs, 1949-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Dutch
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a 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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