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Autore |
Eisler Matthew N. <1970-> |
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Age of auto electric : environment, energy, and the quest for the sustainable car / / Matthew Eisler |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2022] |
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9780262372039 |
0262372037 |
9780262372022 |
0262372029 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (410 pages) |
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Transformations : studies in the history of science and technology |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Electric automobiles - Technological innovations |
Electric automobiles - Political aspects |
Electric automobiles - Public opinion |
Sustainable engineering - Social aspects |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. Introduction-- 2. Reconsidering the automobile-- 3. Defining appropriate technology-- 4. Forcing the future-- 5. Hybrid politics-- 6. Bounding battery risk-- 7. Fuel cells, hydrogen, and environmental politics-- 8. Kyoto cars-- 9. Art of the possible-- 10. Computers on wheels-- 11. Motor city twilight-- 12. Electric cars and the business of public policy-- 13. Silicon valley takes charge-- 14. The life electric conclusion. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"In Age of Auto Electric, Eisler argues that electric vehicle revival was driven not by better batteries but by the interplay between changing environmental and socio-economic conditions, energy and environmental policies, systems of energy conversion and industrial production, and material practices of innovation"-- |
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