Electric Car in America, 1890-1922
Subtitle: A Social History
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Published: 2019
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9781476676715
Subjects: Automobiles, electric; Electric vehicles
Description: "The electric vehicle seemed poised in 1900 to be a leader in automotive production. Then the hope and confidence collapsed and two decades later electric cars were effectively dead. They remained expensive even as gasoline cars saw dramatic price reductions. The storage battery was an endless source of problems. A public relations campaign could not turn the tide"--Provided by publisher.