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Lightweight Electric/Hybrid Vehicle Design

  • 1st Edition - July 4, 2001
  • Authors: John Fenton, Ron Hodkinson
  • Language: English
  • eBook ISBN:
    9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 5 3 5 5 1 - 7

Lightweight Electric/Hybrid Vehicle Design covers the particular automotive design approach required for hybrid/electrical drive vehicles. There is currently huge investmen… Read more

Lightweight Electric/Hybrid Vehicle Design

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Lightweight Electric/Hybrid Vehicle Design covers the particular automotive design approach required for hybrid/electrical drive vehicles. There is currently huge investment world-wide in electric vehicle propulsion, driven by concern for pollution control and depleting oil resources. The radically different design demands of these new vehicles requires a completely new approach that is covered comprehensively in this book.

The book explores the rather dramatic departures in structural configuration necessary for purpose-designed electric vehicle including weight removal in the mechanical systems. It also provides a comprehensive review of the design process in the electric hybrid drive and energy storage systems.

Ideal for automotive engineering students and professionals Lightweight Electric/Hybrid Vehicle Design provides a complete introduction to this important new sector of the industry.