LEADER 02909nam 22004573 450 001 9910163886503321 005 20230725063000.0 010 $a1-60961-323-6 035 $a(CKB)3710000000865920 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6061060 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6061060 035 $a(OCoLC)959150886 035 $a(BIP)033823632 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000865920 100 $a20210901d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aHigh Voltage $eThe Fast Track to Plug in the Auto Industry 210 1$aGordonsville :$cPotter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale,$d2011. 210 4$dİ2011. 215 $a1 online resource (235 pages) 311 $a1-60529-263-X 327 $aRacing for the goal -- Building the batteries -- From computers to cars -- The big players -- Charging ahead -- The smart grid -- Chinese puzzles -- Iceland's fast track -- On the road -- Eden attained? 330 8 $aA behind-the-scenes look at the robustly competitive race to dominate the market for electric cars, the larger-than-life moguls behind them, and the changes that are transforming the auto industryIn the 1980s, it was unimaginable that the home computer would become as common and easy to use as a toaster. Today, plug-in charging stations and smart grids seem like something still far off in the future. But by 2020, the auto industry will look very different from today's field of troubled auto giants. The combination of technological breakthroughs and charging networks driven by global warming and peak oil makes it clear that revolutionary change in the auto industry is happening right now.In High Voltage, Jim Motavalli captures this period of unprecedented change, documenting the evolution from internal combustion engines to electric power. Driven by the auto world's ambitious and sometimes outlandish personalities, the book chronicles the race to dominate the market, focusing on big players like Tesla and Fisker, as well as a tiny start-up and a battery supplier. Flashing forward to the changes we'll see in the coming years, High Voltage shows a not-so-distant future where we will live on a smart grid, our cars "fueling," that is, charging, while we shop or sleep. The ramifications of these changes will be on a grander scale than most of us ever imagined--altering foreign policy, reducing trade deficits, and perhaps even ending global warming. 517 $aHigh Voltage 610 $aAutomobile Industry And Trade 610 $aAutomobiles, Electric 610 $aBusiness & Economics 610 $aTransportation 676 $a338.4/76292293 700 $aMotavalli$b Jim$01130544 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910163886503321 996 $aHigh Voltage$92878560 997 $aUNINA