- Hardcover: 314 pages
- Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell (21 Oct 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0470851635
- ISBN-13: 978-0470851630
- Product Dimensions: 16.5 x 2.4 x 23.7 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 801,708 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"...a comprehensive review...logically laid out...accessible to readers at different levels of technical knowledge..." (IEE Review, June 2004)
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While the classic battery electric car continues to make only a small impact on the automobile market, other types of electric vehicle, especially hybrids, have made significant and promising improvements. Moreover, small battery electric vehicles such as bicycles and mobility aids are also developing well. Presenting more than 160 diagrams and pictures, this book explains the science and technology behind these important developments, and also introduces the issues that underpin the design and performance modelling of electric vehicles.
Electric Vehicle Technology Explained:
- Encompasses a full range of electric vehicles: bicycles, mobility aids, delivery vehicles and buses – not just cars.
- Covers all the basic technology relating to electric road vehicles – batteries, super capacitors, flywheels, fuel cells, electric motors and their controllers, and system design.
- Considers the environmental benefits and disadvantages of electric vehicles and their component devices.
- Includes case studies of a range of batteries, hybrids and fuel cell powered vehicles, from bicycles to buses.
- Offers many MATLAB® examples explaining the design of appropriate computer prediction models.
Professionals, researchers and engineers in the electric vehicle industry as well as advanced students in electrical and mechanical engineering will benefit from this comprehensive coverage of electric vehicle technology.
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The first demonstration electric vehicles were made in the 1830s, and commercial electric vehicles were available by the end of the 19th century. Read the first page
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Good book, covers most issues. Nice examples, but necessarily a bit superficial on specific, important parts (f.ex wiring resistance in packages etc). Reads well, worth the money as a reference book (which it is also claiming to be ;-)
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Perfect title for this book.
10 Sep 2008
Format:Hardcover
Very good book. It took me from knowing a couple of things about EV to understandingg all aspects of EV design.
It touches on all aspects of the design, efficiencies and considerations for designing an EV, with enough technical coverage to point you in the right direction once you have decided on the technical path you would like to take.
I recommend this book for anyone wanting to understand EV technology.
It touches on all aspects of the design, efficiencies and considerations for designing an EV, with enough technical coverage to point you in the right direction once you have decided on the technical path you would like to take.
I recommend this book for anyone wanting to understand EV technology.
20 of 27 people found the following review helpful
To the point and informative beyond words
15 May 2006
Format:Hardcover
This book is a fantastic resource for anyone even remotely interested in any aspect of electric/hybrid vehicle technology and design. It even provides Matlab code for performance modeling of vehicles incorporating a variety of fuel sources. I cannot recommend it highly enough!
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Explains why AC motors work and DC won't for electric cars.
23 Oct 2009
Format:Hardcover
AC motor under computer contol is efficient enough to work when electric storage becomes cost effective. DC motors do not have the efficiency or enable the needed level of computer control. The Tessla is an example of AC control. Good book at affordable price.
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