Visions of Transportation
The EVC and the Transition from Service- to Product-Based Mobility
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9628678 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David A Kirsch (0000-0002-2143-8306), Gijs Mom (University of Maryland, College Park, corresponding author), Gijs P A Mom |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 76 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 75-110 |
| Publication date | 2002-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Business History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-6805 • E-ISSN: 2044-768X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/4127752 |
| OpenAlex | W2123719504 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 24 |
The Electric Vehicle Company (EVC) and its affiliated operating entities (1897–1912), along with similar electric taxicab ventures in London and Paris, figured prominently in the early history of the automobile industry. Long dismissed as a quintessential instance of business failure resulting from the choice of inferior technology, the picture of EVC that emerges from new archival evidence suggests a different view. Seen within the continuing electrification of urban transit, traditional centralized approaches to transportation management, and genuine uncertainty about future automotive technology, EVC constituted a significant, if incremental, extension of traditional, service-based concepts of transportation. The goal of the owners of EVC was to offer an integrated, all-electric urban transportation service that included road- and rail-based components. The failure of EVC represented not simply the victory of internal combustion over electric propulsion but also the triumph of a decentralized, product-centered view of mobility, in which individuals owned and operated their own vehicles
Automotive industry · Business · Electric vehicle · Electricity · Electrification · Industrial organization · Product (mathematics · Service (business · Sociology · Vision · American Environmental and Regional History · Engineering · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · Marketing · Transport and Economic Policies
Down the asphalt path
The second industrial divide
The Great Merger Movement in American Business, 1895–1904
Fearing electricity
The Second Industrial Divide
Frontiers of Change
Bottled Energy
America Adopts the Automobile, 1895-1910
Moving the Masses
Strategic Maneuvering and Mass-Market Dynamics
Corporate Culture and Marketing in the American Railway Locomotive Industry
Down the Asphalt Path
Trolley Wars
GM Passes Ford, 1918-1938
America Adopts the Automobile, 1895-1910
Technologies in Tension
The American Car since 1775
Taking Charge
The American Automobile Industry
Frontiers of Change
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2009 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |