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Sherman Joe <1945-> |
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Charging ahead [[electronic resource] /] / Joe Sherman |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 1998 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-770265-1 |
1-280-52789-7 |
9786610527892 |
0-19-802551-3 |
1-4294-0048-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (239 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Electric automobiles |
Electric vehicles |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface; 1. The Freewheeling James Worden Wins Another Race; 2. Then and Now: Rebirth of a Dormant Industry; 3. James Testifies on the Promise of Clean Cars; 4. An Idea Whose Time Has Come?; 5. James's Second Car: A Goofy-Looking Aluminum Thing; 6. Racing Solar-Electric Cars at MIT; 7. Air: This Marvelously Tattered Canopy; 8. Australia, 1987: The First World Solar Challenge; 9. 1989: The Founding of Solectria Corporation; 10. Forces Gathering Behind Cleaner Cars and Air; 11. 1989-1992: Solectria's First Years in Business; 12. A Regulatory Minefield: The Ozone Transport Tale |
13. ""No Zero-Emission Vehicle Mandate Is a Stake In the Heart""14. The Sunrise Project and Its Partners; 15. Anaheim, 1994: Twelfth International Electric Vehicle Symposium; 16. Sunrise Almost Stalls, Then Rolls, Finally Races; 17. May 1995: The Seventh NESEA American Tour de Sol; 18. Crippling the Clean-Car Mandate; 19. Getting Sunrise into the Mainstream; Epilogue; Notes; Index; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A group of MIT students started an electric car company in 1989 that today produces the cleanest car in America. This book chronicles the evolution of Solectria into a small but significant player in the world market for clean cars. |
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