Tag "Volker Christian Manz" results
Die Jubiläen die wir dieses Jahr feiern sollten
Das Jahr 2019 soll ganz im Zeichen der Elektromobilität stehen; man erhofft sich einen starken Durchbruch des reifen Angebotes von Elektrofahrzeugen aller Art, sei es PKWs, Lieferwagen oder Busse. Das Angebot ist gross, es gibt schon etwas für fast alle Geldbörsen – und auch ...
My histories of electric vehicles go worldwide
This is the publication of one of my stories of electric vehicle history published in Ucrania in the newest issue of a magazine called ECO DRIVE. This magazine is published in Ucranian and Russian. I admit that I do not understand anything, until it is difficult to identify my name with these ...
Forgotten Stories
The third of my books about electromobility "HISTORY OF ELECTRIC CARS" is just going to the printer these days. The first chapter of this new book, titled "WHEN PETROLEUM FAILED" tell you the stories about the development of electric vehicles in Spain starting from 1936 on - revealed a lot of ...
Electric buses: presentations already in 1898/1899
I do not intend to downplay the global presentation of the 100% electric Mercedes-Benz Citaro bus, which took place on July 10, 2018. I just want to remember - without downplaying everything that happens today in this field - that in 1898/99 - that is 120 years ago - there were several global ...
Presentación of the book about electric cars "Silent and Clean"
On Saturday, February 24, was presented at the CLASSICAUTO 2018 fair in Madrid (Spain), the second book of the series "History(s) of the Electric Car", with the title "Silenciosos y Limpios". In the presentation, guided by the director of Motor Clásico (the Spanish Classic Motor Magazine) Jesús ...
London taxis have to be electric
The most advanced electric black taxis in the world are already on the streets of London so that all new license taxis have to have zero emission capacity in the future. The company LEVC (London Electric Vehicle Company), formerly London Taxi Company, owned by the Chinese company Geely, has done a ...
The History of Electric Cars will be presented at ClassicAuto Madrid 2018
The electric car is not an invention of our time, as it seems to be current. Its fascinating history, dating from the late nineteenth century, is documented by the journalist and historian Christian Manz in the first two titles, The Pioneers. 160 km / h and 307 km of autonomy (1870-1906) and Silent ...
Anniversaries of electric cars / Jubiläum der Elektrofahrzeuge
In the national newspapers, the typical reports starting a new year are concerning what brand and what car model will celebrate an anniversary in 2018 ... but they never talk about the anniversaries of electric cars. And as nobody does, we do it.
In den Zeitungen und Zeitschriften ...
Silent and Clean 1905-1936
At the end of this month will be available Volker Christian Manz's second book "Historias del Coche Eléctrico" (History of electric cars), entitled "Silenciosos y limpios" (silent and clean), covering the period from 1905 to 1936. The society received nearly 120 years ago a sustainable ...
Henry Ford and the electric car
In my second book of the history of electric cars "Stories of the Electric Car", with the title "Silent and clean - electricity against water and oil" 1905/1936 ", about to leave the printing press, we publish a report entitled Thomas Alda Edison and Henry Ford believe in the electric that speaks of ...
Detroit Electric in the new book Silent and Clean
In my next book "Silent and Clean" The electricity against water and oil (1905/1936) from the saga "Histories of Electric Cars" - on the way to be published in the next days - I dedcicate a story to the American company Detroit Electric, one of the greatest company of electric vehicles. ...
HISTORY OF ELECTRIC CAR
Did you know that Ferdinand Porsche invented in 1899 the electric motor located in the hub of the wheel? That the first car that reviewed the incredible speed of 100 km/h was an electric car - in 1899? That between 1896 and the 1920s there were electric taxis in almost every major ...
History repeats itself
These days, studying the long history of the electric car, I realize that the history comes back and repeats itself again. As the sages say, we do not advance, we only move in constant circles, in samsara - and by reading the stories of the evolution of the electric car, one realizes that it really ...
