Hybrid Electric Vehicles: Principles and Applications with Practical Perspectives, 2nd Edition is a comprehensively updated new edition with four new chapters, covering recent developments in hybrid vehicle technology. New areas covered include battery modelling, charger design and wireless charging. Also included is a chapter providing an overview of hybrid vehicle technology, which offers a perspective on the current debate on sustainability and the environmental impact of hybrid and electric vehicle technology. It is also accompanied by a website hosting powerpoint slides.
Hybrid Electric Vehicles: Principles and Applications with Practical Perspectives, 2nd Edition provides an introduction to hybrid vehicles, which include purely electric, hybrid electric, hybrid hydraulic, fuel cell vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric, and also 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.
