Plug-In Hybrids
Seiten
2006
New Society Publishers (Verlag)
9780865715714 (ISBN)
New Society Publishers (Verlag)
9780865715714 (ISBN)
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Unlike conventional hybrid cars which can't run without petrol, plug-in hybrids use petrol domestic electricity - or both. Cautioning that the oil and auto companies know how to undermine the success of plug-in car programs to protect their interests, this book gives readers tools to ensure that plug-in hybrids get to market - and stay here.
This book points out that, whereas hydrogen fuel-cell cars won't be ready for decades, the technology for plug-in hybrids exists today. Unlike conventional hybrid cars which can't run without petrol, plug-in hybrids use petrol or cheaper, cleaner, domestic electricity -- or both. Although not yet for sale, demand for plug-in hybrids is widespread, coming from characters across the political spectrum, such as: Chelsea Sexton, the automotive insider: working for General Motors, Sexton fought attempts to destroy the all-electric EV1 car and describes how car companies are resisting plug-in hybrids -- and why they'll make them anyway; Felix Kramer and the tech squad: Kramer started a non-profit organisation using the Internet to tap into a small army of engineers who built the first plug-in Prius hybrids; R James Woolsey, former CIA director and national security hawk: seeing the end of oil supplies looming, Woolsey is demanding plug-in hybrids to wean us from petroleum.
Cautioning that the oil and auto companies know how to undermine the success of plug-in car programs to protect their interests, the book gives readers tools to ensure that plug-in hybrids get to market -- and stay here.
This book points out that, whereas hydrogen fuel-cell cars won't be ready for decades, the technology for plug-in hybrids exists today. Unlike conventional hybrid cars which can't run without petrol, plug-in hybrids use petrol or cheaper, cleaner, domestic electricity -- or both. Although not yet for sale, demand for plug-in hybrids is widespread, coming from characters across the political spectrum, such as: Chelsea Sexton, the automotive insider: working for General Motors, Sexton fought attempts to destroy the all-electric EV1 car and describes how car companies are resisting plug-in hybrids -- and why they'll make them anyway; Felix Kramer and the tech squad: Kramer started a non-profit organisation using the Internet to tap into a small army of engineers who built the first plug-in Prius hybrids; R James Woolsey, former CIA director and national security hawk: seeing the end of oil supplies looming, Woolsey is demanding plug-in hybrids to wean us from petroleum.
Cautioning that the oil and auto companies know how to undermine the success of plug-in car programs to protect their interests, the book gives readers tools to ensure that plug-in hybrids get to market -- and stay here.
Sherry Boschert has been an award-winning medical news reporter in the San Francisco bureau of International Medical News Group, a division of Elsevier, since 1991. A committed environmentalist, the addition of solar panels to her roof led her to buy an electric car and to co-founding the San Francisco Electric Vehicle Association, of which she is President.
Introduction; Chelsea Sexton Finds a Home; Will the Circuit be Unbroken?; Felix Flirts with Hydrogen; A Small Army of Engineers; Acting Up for Plug-ins; Where Were the Greens?; Jim Woolsey Gets Wired; Conservatives Chime In; From the CIA to PIA; A Convergence of Forces; Bridging a Divided America; Index.
| Verlagsort | Gabriola Island |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 230 x 155 mm |
| Gewicht | 372 g |
| Themenwelt | Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Auto / Motorrad |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz | |
| ISBN-13 | 9780865715714 / 9780865715714 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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