William Morrison Electric Car Analysis

We have the desire to create a new form of technology and get away from gasoline cars. Electric cars are the future in transportation and will pave the way for the auto industry in years to come. Even though we have not seen the results we need in production, costs, and technology, people are positive they will soon catch on. In this paper I will discuss the cultural considerations of the electric car. I will compare the United States use of technology with other nations around the world such as China. When comparing them, I will cover the main sources of the technology for present electric cars and also the production. I will review America’s innovation and motivation in pursuing the electric car. Based on that I will name some leading car brands

The main identifiable elements of each relevant social group’s technological frame were very evident in the documentary (Who Killed The Electric Car?) all information stated came from the video.. This will explain each by relevant social group, starting with the car manufactures. In 1996 electric cars began to appear on roads in California. The manufactures could see the need for the electric car. The air quality in California was becoming a very large issue and the car companies started to invent and test electric cars. GM started with the sun racer. In 1987 it won the solar power race. Alan Cocconi built the electric engine prototype that met all driving

The first electric car in the United States was created by William Morrison and could reach a then-pretty-impressive 14 miles per hour. Electric cars, however, still remained more popular in Europe than in the US.

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The first automobile was made useful in France and Germany in the late 1800’s. America’s industry of automobile started in the early 1990’s. Henry ford had a big production that was used everywhere and made America’s production well known in the world. Retrieved from http://www.academia.edu/11430673/Environmental_Challenges_Facing_the_American_Auto_Industry

In 1830 the first electric car was made. It impacted how cars could be made. First generation electric cars paved the way for modern EVs because they can be more efficient, are getting increasingly popular , and more safe. Electric cars are influencing our technology and our economy. Electric’s are helping the world and “Ultimately, all-electric cars will reduce America’s dependence on petroleum” (Bell,11). because our existing oil is running low. Also electric cars are getting noticed now. Unlike in the late 1900s where they are being produced but were too expensive to buy and weren't practical.

Electric cars are becoming popular recently, but did you know that they were around since 1800’s ? (Timeline: History of the Electric Car)

The automobiles made a huge impact in United States history. The first car was the electric car and was one of the most popular cars but didn’t have a battery that lasted or could go fast. Then the steam-powered car was built and lasted into the 1920s, but the price was high and there was a risk of the engine exploding, so the car wasn’t very popular. The gas-powered cars became very popular in the 1920s and Ford sold over a million automobiles.

In the early life of Henry he left his family’s farm to go work in a factory as an apprentice with the Michigan Car Company when he was seventeen years old. His father William Ford wasn’t happy with his son decision to leave the farm, but he thought it would be good for Henry to see the “life in the dirty, hectic confines of the city.”Pg(10) After three years in the city Henry returned to the farm but took a job working on steam engines for trains, later on Henry would get the same concept to make the Model T car. Henry Ford was hired as an engineer with the Edison Illuminating Company in 1891. He knew that in order to create a road vehicle, which was his goal he needed to understand the nascent science of electricity. On November 6, 1893 Henry and his wife Clara had a child

Automobiles have been around since the late 1800’s/ early 1900’s. Americans have come a long way with automobiles of all sizes. Thanks to people like Henry Ford and the Dodge brothers we have inventions (cars) that help us in many ways. They have helped to create jobs, show social status and allow Americans to travel great distances in shorter amount of times. The automobile has helped this country to develop over time and become what it is today. In the early 1900’s automobiles such as the Model T by Ford were simple and mass produced by people and machines. During the 1910’s cars began having more features, the American car company Cadillac had the feature of push to start when you push a button in order to start the vehicle. Before that

He created this steam-powered toy for the Chinese Emperor Chien Lung. There is no recorded information about the vehicle itself, only the event. This marked the beginning of the steam-propelled era. The first full size automobile able to move by its own power was built in 1769 by Nicholas Joseph Cugnot. This vehicle was powered by a steam engine and mainly used as a military tractor. Because of its weight, it could only accelerate to 2.5 miles per hour. Then during 1885 and 1886, the first gasoline vehicle was designed and built by Karl Benz in Germany; this was the first true automobile (Bellis- “The History of the Automobile”). Others before tried to build a full-sized vehicle that could move under its own power, but none succeeded until Benz. Although Benz built what is considered the first true automobile, it had mechanical errors and there were no suitable roads to drive on. Another seven years passed before the first successful gas-powered car was built in America by Frank and Charles Edgar Duryea in 1893. They later set up the first car manufacturing plant in America to produce identical automobiles (Bruno).

Cars were suppose to have a big impact on the United States of America. Towards the end of the 1800’s it was perfected in Germany and France by some men. Their names are Nicolaus Otto, gottlieb Daimler, Carl Benz, and Emile Levassor.

The creation of the twentieth century. There also was a social rank the wealthy could only own the electric light and cars were first because they were the only ones that could pay for it. When there was the higher incomes made the importance to people to have more money and spend it on cars and goods during this time especially after the great depression people went from basically broke to having some money to spend on stuff. Much thanks to cars there was a big production of roads that were made over time and it also connects distant places and communities. One of the very most known highways in the United States is “Route 66” that connects the Midwest and southern California. With cars in being in high demand business started wanting products to be sent to other places. During the 1900’s when millions of people left their home to live in the city in the United States also provided immigrants and other minority groups jobs at assembly lines and other specialized jobs. In the 1920’s the U.S. government became more involved with making the roads matter to connect t major cities. Through 1939-1945 the U.S. government Sayed no production on cars because the U.S. was focusing on the war needs. Company like General Motor Company’s started working on warplanes, guns, tanks, ammunition and armored cars for people now a days their car represents more than their social status. During the three were war posters incourgening the war production effort with the saying “keep’em firing”. In 1956 was when the “Highway Act” was made and it builded a system of insterstate highways. In 1960’s there was a cioncern about air pollution and that’s how the idea started for electric cars. There is about eight hundred million passenger’s cars that people drive across the world roads and highways. In the 1920’s and 1970’s there were some scares about

In the 1800s the development of the battery and the electric motor led to the first electric vehicles on the road. It is hard to pinpoint the invention of the electric car to just one inventor or country so several inventors have been given credit for the invention of the electric car. A Hungarian named Anyos Jedlik invented a small model car powered by an electric motor in 1828. And roughly between the years of 1832 and 1839, Robert Anderson of Scotland invented a crude electric carriage. Also in 1835 Professor Stratingh of Groningen, Holland built another small electric car with his assistant Christopher Becker. There was another inventor named Thomas

Many other people continued the development and improvement of electric automobiles and for a time electric automobiles were the preferred type of Automobile because of their quiet ride, quick start-up, and lack of pollution. In fact electric automobiles held the land speed record well into the early 1900’s. However, they began to decline in the early 1900’s because of the increased prevalence and efficiency of the internal combustion engine.