Electric propulsion for boats was developed in the early 19th century and—despite the advent of the internal combustion engine—continued with the perfecting of the modern turbo-electric ship. Sustaina
"In the latter half of the 19th century Gustave Pierre Trouvae, a modest but brilliant Parisian electrical engineer, conceived and patented some 75 inventions. Unlike his famous contemporary Nikola Te
Desmond arranges profiles of important electrochemists alphabetically, but includes a timeline and cross-references to help readers get a sense of the context of each contribution to battery technolog
Attempts at electric powered flight date to well before the 19th century. Battery weight and low energy output made it impractical until the 1990s, when the advent of lightweight materials, solar powe
Welcomed at end of the 19th century as the solution to the severe problem of horse manure in city streets, electric trucks soon became the norm for short-haul commercial deliveries. Though reliable, t
Since 1881, isolated prototypes of electric tricycles and bicycles were patented and sometimes tested. Limited editions followed in the wartime 1940s, but it was not until the lithium-ion battery beca
