Electric and Hybrid Vehicles

There is significant demand for an understanding of the fundamentals, technologies, and design of electric and hybrid electric vehicles and their components from researchers, engineers and graduate students. This book is based on the authors' current research in vehicle systems and includes chapters on vehicle propulsion systems, the fundamentals of vehicle dynamics, EV and HEV technologies, chassis systems, steering control systems, and state, parameter and force estimations. The book is highly illustrated, and examples are given throughout the book based on real applications and challenges in the automotive industry. Designed to help a new generation of engineers master the principles of, and further advances in, hybrid vehicle technology Takes a mechatronics approach to the study of electric and hybrid electric vehicles, appealing to mechanical and electrical engineering interests Responds to the increase in demand of universities offering courses in newer electric vehicle technologies Includes examples of real applications and challenges in the automotive industry with problems and solutions