"Audio and Video Links"PIA Reviews
The staff at Plug In America always likes to check out books and movies that deal with electric cars. Let us share with you our thoughts on some of these...
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Plug In Hybrids: The Cars That will Recharge AmericaSherry Boschert, 2006, New Society Publishers If you want to learn more about the future of transportation but were afraid the information would go over your head or bore you to tears, this is the book is for you. By: Alexandra Paul
Internal Combustion: How Corporations and Governments Addicted the World to Oil and Derailed the AlternativesEdwin Black, 2006, St. Martin's PressThis book changed my understanding of the history of electric cars. The account of a suspicious arson at a factory in which Henry Ford and Thomas Edison hoped to launch a new partnership is fascinating. By: Sherry Boschert
Electric and Hybrid Cars: A HistoryJudy Anderson and Curtis D. Anderson, 2005, McFarland & Co., Inc.If we could take all the books about the history of electric cars and mash them together, we might have the perfect account. Until then, this book has its strengths and weaknesses, like most others. By: Sherry Boschert
The Hype About HydrogenJoseph J. Romm, 2004, Island PressMany of us electric vehicle drivers initially got excited by the idea of hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles, but turned away when we learned more about them. This book explains why. By: Sherry Boschert
The Electric and Hybrid Electric CarMichael H. Westbrook, 2001, Society of Automotive EngineersThis somewhat dated book is an odd but appealing mix of electric vehicle history up until 1990 plus chapters on engineering to satisfy the geek within. By: Sherry Boschert
Forward Drive: The Race to Build "Clean" Cars for the FutureJim Motavalli, 2000/2001, Sierra Club BooksAh, the glory days of optimism around alternative-fuel vehicles! By: Sherry Boschert
The Car that CouldMichael Shnayerson, 1996, Random HouseIn 1996 GM's long-awaited fast and revolutionary, all-electric EV1 made its debut. Michael Shnayerson's sensational saga tells a tale of perseverance, ingenuity, courage, hope, conflict, success and betrayal. By: Linda Nicholes
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