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A lot has changed in the four years since Take the Wheel was originally published, but most American women still rely on cars we own to get around. We still control most of the big-ticket household purchases, and we still make up more than half of the registered drivers in this country. We also do a lot of research at home before setting foot in a dealership, which makes us more informed about the particular car we want to buy than the salesperson probably is. But that doesn't stop them from talking down to us, asking if our husband is okay with us spending so much money, and generally being asshats to us when all we want to do is give them thousands of dollars and drive away as fast as we possibly can from the dealership.I hope the new, revised, expanded, and improved edition of Take the Wheel is even more helpful than the original. Here's what you'll find in this shiny new book: Updated advice on financing and credit scores Complete guide to alternative fuels and green(er) cars New examples, makes, and models Overviews of modern tech and safety systems Kristen Hall-Geisler is a freelance automotive journalist and book editor living in Portland, Oregon. She's honed her research and interviewing skills for the New York Times, TechCrunch, How Stuff Works, Popular Science, and more. There are few things she likes better than falling down the rabbit hole of research and emerging with a book or article that others find useful and--she hopes--entertaining while still being based on solid sources. She is also the author of the monograph Lightning in a Throttle: Three Early Electric Vehicle Victories.

It's 1926, and Nell Kelly has a couple of things to prove. First, that the skull recently found in Oregon is indeed the oldest in North America, and second that women should be taken seriously as academics. The first is confounded by a man in a literal black hat who steals the artifact at gunpoint. The second is confounded by a cultural anthropologist and notorious flapper named Gunn Flagley. In order to get the skull back and prove that herself and her science are legitimate, Nell has to climb into the sidecar of Gunn's Harley-Davidson and ride across Oregon in pursuit of the man in the black hat. Along the way, she meets cowboys, Chinese doctors, native tribes, a religious cult, and loggers who are not afraid to cause a little chaos when the opportunity presents itself. All Nell wants is a laboratory and that skull. Is that so much for a woman to ask?Kristen Hall-Geisler is a freelance automotive writer, book editor, and small-press publisher. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Popular Science, Tech Crunch, and more. She lives in Oregon, but she had to sell her 50-cc scooter when it became apparent that her dog hated it. A lot.

Electric cars from major manufacturers like Chevy and Nissan as well as startups like Tesla and Lucid Motors are bringing cutting-edge emissions-free technology to modern roads. And Formula E is bringing elite-level all-electric racing to cities worldwide. But as newfangled as these cars seem, they are far from the first. By, like, a century.Lightning in a Throttle: How Three EVs Set Some of the Earliest Auto Racing Records is an ebook in three acts: - A proto-hipster who dropped out of Columbia to start an electric vehicle business in Brooklyn- A speed-crazed Belgian who battled to break the 100 km/h barrier- An inventor whose inventions sometimes veered off track - literally - and into crowds of spectators