The Electric Vehicle Revolution: The Past, Present, And Future Of Evs

Explore The Fascinating, Evolving World Of Electric Vehicles, From The First Evs In The Victorian Era To Their Rapid Expansion Todayand Beyond.In The Electric Vehicle Revolution, Automotive Journalist Kevin Wilson Provides A Thorough, Engaging Overview Of Where Ev Technology Is Today, How It Got There, And Where Its Going. Since The Turn Of The Twentyfirst Century, Evs Have Gone From Wonky Whocares Vehicles Like Gms Ev1 And Early Teslas To Every Manufacturer'S Musthave Future.Electric Propulsion Preceded Fossilfuel Cars By Decades And Even Vied For Prominence In The Early Twentieth Century Auto Industry Against Both Steam Power And Internal Combustion Engines. From Electrobat (An Early New York Taxi Fleet) Through Columbiawhich Had Built 1,000 Electric Cars Before Either Henry Ford Or Ransom Olds Had Built A Single Gasoline Carviable Business Startups In The Early Auto Age Were As Competitive And Innovative As Those In Early Twentyfirst Century Silicon Valley.But It Was Not To Be For Electric Cars In The Early Days Of The 1900S, As The Auto Industry Evolved To Favor Gasoline Cars, Thanks In Part To The Influence Of The Oil Industry And The Buildout Of Infrastructure To Supply Fuel Across The Country.Gaspowered Cars May Have Won The Day, But Postwwii Experiments With Electric Cars Continued Both Within The Established Auto Industry And From Outside Firms And Visionaries, Including Cars Developed By General Electric, Sears, And The Henney Kilowatt, Alongside Ford And Gm Experimentals.Rapidly Evolving Electronic Technology Beginning In The 1960S, Along With Growing Concerns About Emissions And Pollution, Set The Stage For Renewed Interest In Electric Cars. Improved Batteries For Cellphones/Laptops, Electronic Controls, Computing, And Beyond Provided The Impetus For A Wave Of More Sophisticated And Feasible Electric Vehicles, Including Gms Ev1 And The First Teslas.Elon Musks Tesla Motors Proves The Auto Industry Disruptor And Sets The Stage For Responses By The Mainstream Auto Industry, Including Nissans Leaf, Chevrolets Bolt, And A Host Of Highend Evs From Companys Like Audi, Jaguar, And The Like. Rival Startups Step In As Well And Government Incentives, Subsidies, And Regulatory Demands All Drive Unprecedented Development.Today, The Rush To Electrify Has Nations And Companies Competing To See Who Can Declare The Earliest End To Internal Combustion Engines, But This Radical Transition Wont Be As Easy As Throwing A Switch. The Electric Vehicle Revolution Thoroughly Explores The Challenges Of Infrastructure, Battery And Vehicle Tech, And The Cost To Consumers, As Well As The Long Phasein As Evs Are Set To Replace Existing Gas Cars Over Decades.Whether You Embrace Evs Or Have Gasoline In Your Veins, The Electric Vehicle Revolution Provides A Fascinating, Engaging, And Stunningly Illustrated Overview Of Where The Car World Is Today And Where Its Headed For The Future.