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02087aam a2200385 i 4500 001 FEA082923F1711E98434DF6697128E48 003 SILO 005 20190305011820 008 181026s2019 ncua b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2018051291 020 $a 147667289X 020 $a 9781476672892 035 $a (OCoLC)1039615039 040 $a PSt/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDX $d IWA $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a TL448 E44 D47 2019 082 00 $a 629.22/93 $2 23 100 1 $a Desmond, Kevin, $d 1950- $e author. 245 10 $a Electric motorcycles and bicycles : $b a history including scooters, tricycles, segways and monocycles / $c Kevin Desmond ; foreword by Ed Benjamin. 263 $a 1812 264 1 $a Jefferson, North Carolina : $b McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, $c [2019] 300 $a vii, 246 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 520 $a "Beginning in 1881, isolated prototypes of electric tricycles and bicycles were patented. Limited editions followed in the 1940s. Today's one-wheel, two-wheel and three-wheel light electric vehicles can be in the millions. In this third installment of his electric transport history series, the author covers the lives of the engineers who have developed these e-wheelers"--Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Pioneers -- The early 1900s -- From Socovels to Spacelanders -- 1950/1980 -- The 1990s -- Urban e-bikes worldwide -- EM hotshots -- China: almost 300 million e-bike riders -- Marathons -- Speed records -- Variations on a theme -- Return of the electric three-wheeler -- Secret weapon? -- Riding into the future. 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 650 0 $a Electric motorcycles $x History. 650 0 $a Electric bicycles $x History. 650 0 $a Inventors $x History. 650 0 $a Electric vehicles. 650 0 $a Transportation $x Technological innovations. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190305055809.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=FEA082923F1711E98434DF6697128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search