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Publisher
Docuramafilms
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
By 2006, as many as 5,000 electric cars were destroyed by the major car companies that built them. Today, the electric car is back with a vengeance. Without using a single drop of foreign oil, this new generation of car is America's future: fast, furious, and cleaner than ever. It's not just the next generation of green cars that's on the line, it's the future of the automobile itself.
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Money, power, politics, drugs, scandal, and fast cars. The incredible story of John DeLorean is the stuff of a Hollywood screenwriter's dreams. But who was the real John DeLorean? To some, he was a renegade visionary who revolutionized the automobile industry. To others, he was the ultimate con man. For the first time, the story recounts the extraordinary life and legend of the controversial automaker.
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (ca. 650 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Stephen Crane is a con artist, swindler, and purported savior of a struggling sports car company. Sacked from an investment bank after one dodgy deal too many, Stephen lands a job at Douglas Motors, a business distinguished by old-fashioned craftsmanship and plagued by decades of familial mismanagement. There he finds himself playing surrogate son to the family patriarch, confidant to the adulterous son-in-law, and lover to the beautiful but willful...
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It's estimated that there are more than 1 billion cars in the world today. And all of these cars need servicing when they break down, which suggests that there will always be a strong demand for car mechanics. A career as a mechanic is the perfect choice for those who like to work with their hands and use technology, don't mind getting dirty, and enjoy problem solving. In this book, you'll learn about job duties for car mechanics, how to become a...
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Publisher
Portfolio/Penguin
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
xii, 241 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.
Description
"In 2001, General Motors hired Lutz out of retirement with a mandate to save the company by making great cars again. As vice chairman, he launched a war against the penny-pinching number-crunchers who ran the company by the bottom line, and reinstated a focus on creativity, design, and cars and trucks that would satisfy GM customers. After emerging from bankruptcy in 2009, GM is finally back on track thanks in part to its embrace of Lutz's philosophy....
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Publisher
Rourke Educational Media
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations, map, photographs ; 24 cm.
Description
"Here's your chance to rock n' roll with a legend, the all-American Corvette! The U.S. sports car has appeared in more movies and TV shows than most Hollywood actors. Check out the Corvette's history and its bright future"--Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
432 pages ; 25 cm
Description
In the 1950s, America enjoyed massive growth and affluence, and no companies contributed more to its success than automakers. They were the biggest and best businesses in the world, their leadership revered, their methods imitated, and their brands synonymous with the nation's aspirations. But by the end of the 1960s, Detroit's profits had evaporated and its famed executives had become symbols of greed, arrogance, and incompetence. And no company...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xvi, 377 pages ; 25 cm
Description
"Inside the outrageous, come-from-behind story of Elon Musk and Tesla's bid to build the perfect car Elon Musk is among the most controversial titans of Silicon Valley. To some he's a genius and a visionary; to others he's a mercurial con artist. Billionsof dollars have been gained and lost on his tweets; his personal exploits are the stuff of tabloids. But for all his outrageous talk of mind-uploading and space travel, his most audacious vision is...
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Publisher
Harper Business, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xvii, 299 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"The unprecedented rise and catastrophic fall of one of the world's most feared and admired business executives--Carlos Ghosn--a remarkable story of innovation, hubris, alleged crimes, and daring international escape"--
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Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
x, 337 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Description
In mid-2015, Volkswagen proudly reached its goal of surpassing Toyota as the world's largest automaker. A few months later, the EPA disclosed that Volkswagen had installed software in 11 million cars that deceived emissions-testing mechanisms. By early 2017, VW had settled with American regulators and car owners for $20 billion, with additional lawsuits still looming. In Faster, Higher, Farther, Jack Ewing rips the lid off the conspiracy. He describes...
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In the wake of World War II, the U.S. automobile industry was fully unprepared to meet the growing demands of the public, for whom they had not made any cars for years. In stepped Preston Tucker, a salesman extraordinaire who announced the building of a revolutionary new car: the Tucker '48, the first car in almost a decade to be built fresh from the ground up. Tucker's car, which would include ingenious advances in design and engineering that other...
18) Flash of genius
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on the true story of Robert Kearns. The Kearns' were a typical 1960s Detroit family. Bob is a college professor and part-time inventor. When Bob invents a device that would eventually be used by every car in the world, the Kearns' think they have struck gold. But their aspirations are dashed after the auto giants, who originally embraced Bob's creation, unceremoniously shuns him. Ignored, threatened and then buried in years of litigation, Bob...
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
xiii, 351 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"A Washington Post reporter's intimate account of the fallout from the closing of a General Motors' assembly plant in Janesville, Wisconsin--Paul Ryan's hometown--and a larger story of the hollowing of the American middle class. This is the story of what happens to an industrial town in the American heartland when its factory stills--but it's not the familiar tale. Most observers record the immediate shock of vanished jobs, but few stay around long...
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Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
x, 372 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
"A revelatory new history of the birth of the automobile, ... [a] true tale of invention, competition, and the visionaries, hustlers, and swindlers who came together to transform the world. In 1900, the Automobile Club of America sponsored the nation's first car show in New York's Madison Square Garden. The event was a spectacular success, attracting seventy exhibitors and nearly fifty thousand visitors. Among the spectators was an obscure would-be...
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