I would recommend this book as a fascinating read even if you are not an auto enthusiast (I'm not) or an environmentalist (who doesn't want clean air?), like the author. First, it's an engaging autobiography, outlining the author's personal and professional progress and
- Title : Forward Drive: The Race to Build "Clean" Cars for the Future
- Author : Jim Motavalli
- Rating : 4.76 (323 Vote)
- Publish : 2016-10-18
- Format : Paperback
- Pages : 304 Pages
- Asin : 1578050723
- Language : English
I would recommend this book as a fascinating read even if you are not an auto enthusiast (I'm not) or an environmentalist (who doesn't want clean air?), like the author. First, it's an engaging autobiography, outlining the author's personal and professional progress and pitfalls as he moves from aircraft mechanic to maintenance director to FAA inspector and beyond. I had the priviledge of taking a class from the author of this book. In Rare Birds, Gehrman tells the story of David Wingate and the Bermuda Cahow (or Bermuda Petrel), a bird long thought to be extinct. The author was a minor 50s celebrity. Kopp writes about her struggle to start TFA, and I share her disbelief that no such teacher corps had already existed. Soucie is periodically on CNN providing insight, commentary and analysis from the accidents of MH370 and now MH17 using past experiences from his 30+ year career helping us understand what is involved in accident investigations. I often wondered what happened to Rowland, and in many ways, I still do, since this book doesn't scratch the surface of his life story. Chapter 5 is an excellWith his passion for automobiles and knowledge of their history and workings, he presents an insightful, informative, and highly readable book.. and foreign auto makers are getting serious about building greener cars. As more and more alternative-fuel cars from major auto makers enter the market, and with gasoline prices continuing to soar, "clean" cars are no longer being relegated to side-show status; they're taking center stage.Forward Drive presents the fascinating story of the race to build greener cars—ones that can help address the problems that have accompanied the rise and spread of traditional gas-powered vehicles. The book traces the history of automobile development, including early attempts to create practical electric vehicles, and explores new technologies for clean cars, especially gas/electric hybrid drives and hydrogen fuel cells. In his research, Jim Motavalli conducted extensive interviews with "early adopters" of alternative vehicles, energy researchers, and key auto-industry figures, giving us a clear picture of how U.S"The information I came across described a personal transportation revolution that was becoming tantalizingly close," he writes. "Here, at last, were vehicles that promised to not only greatly reduce pollution but also to perform better, be more reliable, cruise farther, and last much longer than anything the public had ever seen." Written for those "who'd somehow failed to get their engineering Ph.D.s," it absorbingly examines the history of such vehicles, the impact of gasoline automobiles, the pioneers who already utilize alternative power, the large and small R&D operations, the political and financial forces under which everything operates, and the broader picture of sustainable transportation. The times they are a-changing, however. A host of catalysts, including new legal requirements and shifting public opinion, is finally driving automakers toward relevant alternative technologies that actually date back 160 years. Few consumers have been attracted to "clean" cars--those powered by something other than traditional internal combustion engines--because they aren't satisfied yet with critical factors such as appearance (too odd),
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