electric automobiles

Explains the science behind hybrid cars.

Tesla is the world's leading producer of fully electric automobiles. In addition to being energy efficient, Tesla vehicles are known for their high-end performance and cutting-edge technology.

Commonly called GM, General Motors designs, manufactures, markets, and distributes a wide variety of vehicles.They rang from small, electric cars to large,heavy-duty trucks.

Electric cars are different than most cars because you have to plug them in to make them go. Full-color photographs and easy text help young readers understand how these electrifying vehicles work.

"Electric cars take us to work and school, carry our packages, and race down highways without leaving pollution. Readers will . . . explore the science behind these high-interest vehicles"--Provided by publisher.

Introduces electric cars, including a brief history, technology overview, vehicle descriptions, and more.

Car manufacturers have learned to be versatile over the years. Some cars are designed for safety and comfort. Others are designed for speed. Car enthusiasts can spend hours hotly debating the best designs. Environmental concerns also affect a car's design, especially when it comes to the engine. This volume looks at some of the most iconic and interesting cars from the inside out. A glossary of new terms gives readers a better grasp of the subject matter, and full-color photographs chronicle the history of car design, from simple motorized carts to sleek racing cars.

"Long Hard Road: The Lithium-Ion Battery and the Electric Car provides an inside look at the birth of the lithium-ion battery, from its origins in academic labs around the world to its transition to its new role as the future of automotive power. It chronicles the piece-by-piece development of the battery, from its early years when it was met by indifference from industry to its later emergence in Japan where it served in camcorders, laptops, and cell phones. The book is the first to provide a glimpse inside the Japanese corporate culture that turned the lithium-ion chemistry into a commercial product. It shows the intense race between two companies, Asahi Chemical and Sony Corporation, to develop a suitable anode. It also explains, for the first time, why one Japanese manufacturer had to build its first preproduction cells in a converted truck garage in Boston, Massachusetts. Building on that history, Long Hard Road then takes readers inside the auto industry to show how lithium-ion solved the problems of earlier battery chemistries and transformed the electric car into a viable competitor. Starting with the Henry Ford and Thomas Edison electric car of 1914, it chronicles a long list of automotive failures, then shows how a small California car converter called AC Propulsion laid the foundation for a revolution by packing its car with thousands of tiny lithium-ion cells. The book then takes readers inside the corporate board rooms of Detroit to show how mainstream automakers finally decided to adopt lithium-ion. Long Hard Road is unique in its telling of the lithium-ion tale, revealing that the battery chemistry was not the product of a single inventor, nor the dream of just three Nobel Prize winners, but rather was the culmination of dozens of scientific breakthroughs from many inventors whose work was united to create a product that ultimately changed the world"--.

Are you considering your first electric vehicle purchase or looking for insight into how to take care of your brand new plug-in car? Either way, this book has the advice you need to make the right decisions.

"Quiet and rechargeable, electric cars are becoming more popular. Readers will love learning about these energy-saving cars and discovering what makes them different from other rides"--Provided by publisher.