Powering the Future

Powering the Future

The Ballard Fuel Cell and the Race to Change the World

Koppel, Tom

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

11/1999

288

Dura

Inglês

9780471644217

0471644218

610

This book tells how one man's idealism changed the world. Ballard Power Systems, a tiny Canadian company led by a stubborn scientist, took an exotic space age invention, drastically improved it and successfully marketed it to the biggest car companies in the world.
Acknowledgements. Preface. Miracle Valley. Engine of the Future. A Notable Surface of Action. An Opportunity for Canada. Small is Beautiful. Three Guys and a Prayer. Nugget of Gold. Going for Broke. On the Road. Venturesome but Conservative. Bad Blood. Strategic Partners. Company with a Difference. The Starting Pistol Has Been Fired. The Intel of the Auto Industry. Dare to be Different. Endnotes. Index.