The great race : the global quest for the car of the future /
Levi Tillemann.
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- xii, 338 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-296) and index.
The new emperor and Wan Gang's eco-wonderland -- California rules: how one state began a global technology revolution -- Japan's strategic capitalism -- The audacity of Honda -- Sudden impact -- CARB's long reach -- The electric car is dead, long live the electric car -- Catching China's eye -- Sea turtles, spaceships, and the hydrogen economy -- Crazy Anegawa -- I'll be back: California returns -- Challenging the big green monster -- "Scared shitless": America's industrial implosion -- Dark green: money, power, and the stimulus melee -- Cataclysm: the demons of Fukushima -- Lucky eights: China's Olympic scramble and economic noncrisis -- China's crisis of competence -- The great race -- Afterword: The last lap.
Automobile industry and trade. Automobile industry and trade--Technological innovations. Automobile industry and trade. Automobile industry and trade--Technological innovations.