Electric Vehicle Technology Explained

While the classic battery electric car continues to make only asmall impact on the automobile market, other types of electricvehicle, especially hybrids, have made significant and promisingimprovements. Moreover, small battery electric vehicles such asbicycles and mobility aids are also developing well. Presentingmore than 160 diagrams and pictures, this book explains the scienceand technology behind these important developments, and alsointroduces the issues that underpin the design and performancemodelling of electric vehicles.Electric Vehicle Technology Explained:* Encompasses a full range of electric vehicles: bicycles,mobility aids, delivery vehicles and buses - not justcars.* Covers all the basic technology relating to electric roadvehicles - batteries, super capacitors, flywheels, fuelcells, electric motors and their controllers, and systemdesign.* Considers the environmental benefits and disadvantages ofelectric vehicles and their component devices.* Includes case studies of a range of batteries, hybrids and fuelcell powered vehicles, from bicycles to buses.* Offers many MATLAB¯® examples explaining thedesign of appropriate computer prediction models.Professionals, researchers and engineers in the electric vehicleindustry as well as advanced students in electrical and mechanicalengineering will benefit from this comprehensive coverage ofelectric vehicle technology.