Electric Vehicle Machines and Drives

This timely and comprehensive reference consolidates the research and development of electric vehicle machines and drives for electric and hybrid propulsions. It covers an extensive range of drives and machine systems that being with existing typologies before progressing to more advanced versions. To aid students and engineers, emphasis is given to design criteria, performance analyses, and application examples or potentials so as to highlight the practical aspects of machine design. ? Covers the major technologies in the area as well as fundamental concepts and applications ? Range of motor drives for electric propulsion includes DC, induction, permanent magnet brushless and switched reluctance, as well as stator-permanent magnet, magnetic-geared, vernier-permanent magnet, and advanced magnetless motor drives ? Extensive discussion of machine systems for hybrid propulsion like the integrated-starter-generator and planetary-geared electric variable transmission systems, as well as the double-rotor electric variable transmission systems and magnetic-geared electric variable transmission systems ? Accompanying website features presentation or lecture slides to enhance teaching and learning Electric Vehicle Machines and Drives: Design, Analysis, and Application is a handy and comprehensive text for graduate students of electrical engineering, as well as researchers and engineers working on electric vehicles.