Electrical and Hybrid Vehicles

Electric and hybrid vehicles are now the present not the future. This straightforward and highly illustrated full color textbook is endorsed by the Institute of the Motor Industry and introduces the subject for further education and undergraduate students as well as technicians.Hybrid Electric Vehicles provides an introduction to hybrid vehicles which include purely electric hybrid electric hybrid hydraulic fuel cell vehicles plug-in hybrid electric and off-road hybrid vehicular systems. It focuses on the power and propulsion systems for these vehicles including issues related to power and energy management. Other topics covered include hybrid vs. pure electric HEV system architecture (including plug-in & charging control and hydraulic) off-road and other industrial utility vehicles safety and EMC storage technologies vehicular power and energy management diagnostics and prognostics and electromechanical vibration issues.The authors emphasizes technical details mathematical relationships and design guidelines throughout the text.