Lightning in a Throttle: Three Early Electric Vehicle Victories

by Kristen Hall-Geisler

Electric cars from major manufacturers like Chevy and Nissan as well as startups like Tesla and Lucid Motors are bringing cutting-edge emissions-free technology to modern roads. And Formula E is bringing elite-level all-electric racing to cities worldwide. But as newfangled as these cars seem, they are far from the first. By, like, a century.

Lightning in a Three Early Electric Victories by Kristen Hall-Geisler is an ebook in three
* A proto-hipster who dropped out of Columbia to start an electric vehicle business in Brooklyn
* A speed-crazed Belgian who battled to break the 100 km/h barrier
* An inventor whose inventions sometimes veered off track -- literally -- and into crowds of spectators

Kristen Hall-Geisler has written about electric cars for the New York Times, Popular Science, Wired, TechCrunch, and many more national outlets. She brings a decade of expertise and automotive wit to these stores of EV pioneers.

31 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 21, 2017