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Taking Charge: The Electric Automobile in America
Taking Charge The Electric Automobile in America
Author: Michael Brian Schiffer
The tumultuous history of inventors and corporations who have tried to bring the electric car to market. Amazingly, in 1900 28 percent of all cars were electric. By 1920 the electric car had all but vanished and gas-powered cars dominated the market. In Taking Charge, Schiffer deftly explores how cultural factors, not technological ones, explai...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781560983552
ISBN-10: 1560983558
Publication Date: 8/17/1994
Pages: 225
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Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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