INSIDE TECHNOLOGY INSIDE ELECTRIC CARS BY CHRISTINA ESCHBACH CONTENT CONSULTANT Jeffrey Miller PhD University of Southern California Cover image An electric car charges at a charging station Core Library An Imprint of Abdo Publishing abdobooks com
CHAPTER ONE
THE FUTURE OF CARS A crowd of people sat in a large It was dark Suddenly a garage airplane hangar in November 2017 door opened Spotlights appeared in the night sky Two large silver semitrucks or semis drove in They parked in front of the audience Elon Musk the CEO of electric car company Tesla stepped out from the cab of the truck He introduced the Tesla Semi The audience cheered The Tesla Semi is the first all-electric semi Most semis are large and bulky They run on fossil fuels such as diesel They pollute the air Tesla revealed its semi in November 2017 in Hawthorne California
