History of the electric automobile : battery-only powered cars.

Wakefield, Ernest Henry.

1994

1-56091-299-5

Ilus., Diagrs., Gráfs., Tbls. FOREWORD. ABOUT THE AUTHOR. PREFACE. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. PROLOGUE. THE FIRST TWO ELECTRIC VEHICLES. THE HORSELESS CARRIAGE IN AMERICA, 1890-1898, PART I. BACKGROUND FOR THE ELECTRIC HORSELESS CARRIAGE. THE ELECTRIC CAR'S FIRST COMMERCIAL APPLICATION. THE HORSELESS CARRIAGE IN AMERICA, 1890-1900, PART II. ENGLISH ELECTRIC CARRIAGES TO 1900. FRENCH, BELGIAN AND GERMAN ELECTRIC VEHICLES THROUGHT 1900. TRANSITIONAL ELECTRIC CARS. THE GOLDEN AGE OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES. THE EVOLUTION OF THE BATTERY CHARGER AND THE BATTERY. THE NEWER BATTERIES AND FUEL CELLS. THE DEVELOPMENT OF CURRENT CONTROLLERS AND ELECTRIC MOTORS. ELECTRIC CARS 1900-1935. TWO LONG-LIVED ELECTRIC VEHICLE COMPANIES. ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN EARLY RACING. ADVANCING ELECTRIC VEHICLE DESING. THE DEAD YEARS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES: 1935-1955. REAWAKENING INTEREST IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES: 1955-1965. ALTERNATING-CURRENT ELECTRIC DRIVE VEHICLES: 1966-1992. ELECTRIC VEHICLES FROM CONVERSIONS - EARLY 1970'S. THE COMPLEAT ELECTRIC VEHICLE. MODERN FOREING ELECTRIC VEHICLE DEVELOPMENT PART I. MODERN FORERING ELECTRIC VEHICLE DEVELOPMENT PART II. IMPACT EVENTS ON AMERICAN ELECTRIC CARS SINCE 1965. WORKED-ON BUT UNSOLVED PROBLEMS. LATENT THOUGHTS. A CENTURY OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE TRENDS. FUTHER READINGS. ELECTRIC VEHICLE COMERCIALIZATION. THREE-PHASE INDUCTION MOTORS AND CONTROLS FOR ELECTRIC CARS. NAME TABLE OF AMERICAN ELECTRIC CARS. NOSTALGIA. CHRONOLOGICAL EVENTS IN DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES. CAL-TECH - M.I.T.ELECTRIC CAR RACE - AUGUST 19/23, 1968. CONGRESSMAN MIKE MCCORMACK REPORTS ON THE 1976 ELECTRIC CAR ACT. THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE ACT OF 1976. EARLY ELECTRIC CAR RACES. WILLIAM H. SHAFER LETTER RE: ELECTRIC VEHICLE COSTS. GLOSSARY. INDEX.

GENERAL; AUTOMOVILES ELECTRICOS; HISTORIA; MOTORES ELECTRICOS; BATERIAS;