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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hodkinson, Ron
Corporate Author: Society of Automotive Engineers
Other Authors: Fenton, John, 1931-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; Woburn, MA : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2001.
Subjects:
Hybrid electric cars > Design and construction.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Current EV design approaches / Viable energy storage systems/ Electric motors & driveline controller design / Chassis system design /EV package design / Fuel cells / Package design of hybrid & fuel cell driven vehicles / Lightweight construction materials / Structural design for optimal efficiency /.