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The resurgence of the electric car in modern life is a tale of adventurers, men and women who bucked the complete dominance of the fossil fueled car to seek something cleaner, simpler and cheaper. Award-winning former Wall Sreet Journal reporter John Fialka documents the early days of the electric car, from the M.I.T./Caltech race between prototypes in the summer of 1968 to the 1987 victory of the Sunraycer in the world's first race featuring solar powered cars.
Thirty years later, 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 as well as upstart young players like Tesla Motors and Elon Musk 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 brings to life this thrilling and important story about American's rejection and second obsession with the electric car.
网友对Car Wars: The Rise, the Fall, and the Resurgence of the Electric Car的评论
小啰嗦，不过也能看出冰冻三尺非一日之寒，能有今天的TESLA，是因为有前面几十年持续不断的积累和试错。
The book provides some interesting insider history on the development of electric plug-in vehicles. The nature of changing technology requires newer editions and greater details of more recent developments and projections on the future of electric power and renewable energy in transportation and public transit.
Car Wars is a great read. The information on the history of electrics, public policy & how industry makes decisions to switch direction is fascinating. The 1968 Caltech and MIT race across the country in "electrics" was a chuckle at times but shows the ingenuity of engineers and back room tinkerers working as a team. This book should help people see why electrics are more efficient and our future w/renewables. The hesitation of men will surely evaporate when they realize an electric can "peel out! " The EV Grin is real! It is time to bury the dirty old gasoline engine. If a Honda Civic can be converted to electric in your garage then certainly these cars will be mainstream and at the Indy 500 soon. Fialka's book should be talked about around the water coolers and be on the NY Times Best Seller list. Highly recommended to car enthusiasts, drag racers, and environmentalists --- where all will meet!
An incredible book. The research is astounding.
i beleive this is the test of tests for the coming electric revolution based eventually on solar cells.
A must read for those who know that this is possible and provocative.
This book is an extremely interesting history of the electric car, especially the early electrics during the era that they competed with the then-new gasoline-burning cars. However, it is a bit rah-rah toward the subject of modern electrics. Author Fialka simply assumes that electric cars will save drivers money because electricity generally costs a bit less than gasoline, and that electric cars will help slow global warming, since they have no tailpipe emissions. He simply ignores the facts that electric cars are extremely expensive and require periodic battery replacement (getting a new battery pack installed in a Tesla is more expensive than simply buying a new Honda Civic). Regarding environmental advantages, he ignores that fact that the typical electric car is simply running on coal rather than gasoline, which is cleaner. Throw in the extremely limited range of electric cars and you have a vehicle that is simply a plaything of the rich, not a sensible investment for the average driver. When battery capacity is increased 50-fold, batteries drop in price, and the electric grid is powered by renewables, a Tesla might make sense. But none of that is likely to happen soon.
The future bright electric cars will transport humans forever. Well as long as the sun is the power of life
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