{"product_id":"electric-motorcycles-and-bicycles-kevin-desmond-9781476672892","title":"Electric Motorcycles and Bicycles: A History Including Scooters, Tricycles, Segways and Monocycles","description":"\u003cp\u003e Beginning in 1881, isolated prototypes of electric tricycles and bicycles were patented and sometimes tested. Limited editions followed in the 1940s, but it was not until the lithium-ion battery became available in the first decade of this century that urban pedelecs and more powerful open-road motorcycles--sometimes with speeds of over 200 mph--became possible and increasingly popular.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Today's ever-growing fleets of one-wheel, two-wheel and three-wheel light electric vehicles can now be counted in the hundreds of millions. In this third installment of his electric transport history series, the author covers the lives of the innovative engineers who have developed these e-wheelers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kevin Desmond\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 147667289X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476672892\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/31\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.50d","brand":"Kevin Desmond","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47039883772159,"sku":"9781476672892","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4cdc7a38-3ce7-4ff7-9f90-d89cee137336.jpg?v=1752752862","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/electric-motorcycles-and-bicycles-kevin-desmond-9781476672892","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}