Welcomed at end of the 19th century as the solution to the severe problem of horse manure in city streets, electric trucks soon became the norm for short-haul commercial deliveries. Though reliable, they were gradually replaced by gasoline-powered trucks for long-haul deliveries--although a fleet of electric milk trucks survived in Great Britain into the 1960s. Industrial electric vehicles never disappeared from factories and ports. During the past decade, with the availability of the lithium-ion battery, the electric truck is back on the road for all payloads and all distances. The fourth in…mehr
Welcomed at end of the 19th century as the solution to the severe problem of horse manure in city streets, electric trucks soon became the norm for short-haul commercial deliveries. Though reliable, they were gradually replaced by gasoline-powered trucks for long-haul deliveries--although a fleet of electric milk trucks survived in Great Britain into the 1960s. Industrial electric vehicles never disappeared from factories and ports. During the past decade, with the availability of the lithium-ion battery, the electric truck is back on the road for all payloads and all distances. The fourth in a series covering the history and future of electric transport, this book chronicles the work of the innovative engineers who perfected e-trucks large and small.
Kevin Desmond, a technology historian and biographer, lives near Bordeaux in southern France. Since 1976, he has published 33 books and 300-plus articles on the men and women innovators, often forgotten, behind the progress of transport and related subjects.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Foreword by Umberto de Pretto Prelude One Pioneers Twö Outside the USA Three Inter-War Years Four SOVELs to TAMAs Five "Drinka Pinta Milka Day!" Six The OPEC Effect Seven The Lithium-Ion Advantage Eight In Recent Months-2016 to Present Nine Start-Ups Out of a Driverless Future Appendix A: Trolley Trucks and Electrified Roads Appendix B: Speed Records Appendix C: Antique and Classic Truck Conservation Appendix D: Electric Truck and Battery Builders (Past and Present) Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Foreword by Umberto de Pretto Prelude One Pioneers Twö Outside the USA Three Inter-War Years Four SOVELs to TAMAs Five "Drinka Pinta Milka Day!" Six The OPEC Effect Seven The Lithium-Ion Advantage Eight In Recent Months-2016 to Present Nine Start-Ups Out of a Driverless Future Appendix A: Trolley Trucks and Electrified Roads Appendix B: Speed Records Appendix C: Antique and Classic Truck Conservation Appendix D: Electric Truck and Battery Builders (Past and Present) Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
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