electric automobiles

Provides information on the Tesla Model S as well as explaining why it is unique and changing the automobile world.

Provides information on the Tesla Model S as well as explaining why it is unique and changing the automobile world.

Text and color illustrations explore different brands of electric cars as a remedy for global warming.

Explore the cars that you simply have to plug in, charge up, and take off.

"Carefully leveled text and ... photographs introduce early fluent readers to the science and engineering behind hybrid and electric cars. Includes infographics, activity, glossary, and index."--Provided by publisher.

Contains a collection of articles that discusses various topics related to electric and hybrid cars.

"Award-winning former Wall Sreet Journal reporter John Fialka brings to life this thrilling and important story about American's rejection and second obsession with the electric car. Starting with the early days of the electric car, Fialka documents the M.I.T./Caltech race between prototypes in the summer of 1968 and takes readers up to visionaries like Elon Musk and the upstart young Tesla Motors. Today, the electric has captured the imagination and pocketbooks of American consumers. Organizations like the U.S. Department of Energy and the state of California, along with companies from the old-guard of General Motors and Toyota have embraced the once-extinct technology. The electric car has steadily gained traction in the U.S. and around the world. We are watching the start of a trillion dollar, worldwide race to see who will dominate one of the biggest commercial upheavals of the 21st century. Drawing from the last decade of his 26-year career at the Wall Street Journal, where he covered energy and environmental matters, ClimateWire founder and industry insider John Fialka recounts the creation and eventual acceptance of the electric car in this thorough, historical look at a subculture, the captains of industry and the technology that made the whole thing possible"--.

In 1903, when Mr. Tweedle decides to buy a car, he chooses a big, green, electric model that the people who drive cars powered by gas and by steam make fun of, until one day, when the Tweedles' reliable electric car saves the day.

Explains how internal combustion automobiles work, the advantages and disadvantages of electric and hybrid automobiles and how they work, how to reduce carbon emissions, and what to expect in the future.

Follows the development of the General Motors EV1, the first modern mass-produced electric vehicle, looking at the challenges that faced the project from internal pressures and outside political skirmishes.