Taking Charge
Author: Schiffer, Michael
ISBN: 9781588340764
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 22 Jun 2010
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback / softback
In Taking Charge, Schiffer explains how cultural factors influenced the rise of "gas-guzzling" mobiles and argue that the time for electric cars has arrived.BR>BR>The tumultuous history of inventors and corporations who have tried to bring the electric car to the market.br>br>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 i>Taking Charge/i>, Schiffer deftly explores how cultural factors, not technological ones, explain the rise of gas-guzzling cars. Schiffer brings the history of the electric car into the present, arguing that despite the Detroit Big Three's reluctance to make electric cars, their time has finally arrived.
ISBN: 9781588340764
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 22 Jun 2010
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback / softback
In Taking Charge, Schiffer explains how cultural factors influenced the rise of "gas-guzzling" mobiles and argue that the time for electric cars has arrived.BR>BR>The tumultuous history of inventors and corporations who have tried to bring the electric car to the market.br>br>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 i>Taking Charge/i>, Schiffer deftly explores how cultural factors, not technological ones, explain the rise of gas-guzzling cars. Schiffer brings the history of the electric car into the present, arguing that despite the Detroit Big Three's reluctance to make electric cars, their time has finally arrived.
