Hybrid powered vehicles /

Future enhancements, including more sophisticated hybrid control strategies and integrating additional electrical components to improve efficiency, are also featured. Cost reduction, being a major barrier to mass market adoption, is also discussed. Finally, future sales and market forecasts are offe...

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Main Author: German, John M. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Warrendale, Pa. (400 Commonwealth Dr., Wallendale PA USA) : Society of Automotive Engineers, ©2011.
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:Technology profiles (Warrendale, Pa.)
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Future enhancements, including more sophisticated hybrid control strategies and integrating additional electrical components to improve efficiency, are also featured. Cost reduction, being a major barrier to mass market adoption, is also discussed. Finally, future sales and market forecasts are offered, including the belief that hybrid sales will rapidly increase after approximately 2020 and will capture about 75% of the market by about 2030.
Abstract:Author John German reviews the development history of hybrid vehicles and the current state of hybrid technology, including battery types and chemistries. He also highlights the cycles of fuel availability, fuel economy, and concern for environmental issues, and profiles government efforts to spur development of more efficient vehicles.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxi, 118 pages) : illustrations, digital file.
Also available in print.
Format:Mode of access: World Wide Web
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-116).
ISBN:9780768048520
Access:Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.