Hybrid Vehicles

Become a pro in Hybrid Vehicle Operations, Functions & Fundamentals.

This book assembles new methods showing the automotive engineer for the first time how hybrid vehicle configurations can be modeled as systems with discrete and continuous controls. These hybrid systems describe naturally and compactly the networks of embedded systems which use elements such as integrators, hysteresis, state-machines and logical rules to describe the evolution of continuous and discrete dynamics and arise inevitably when modeling hybrid electric vehicles. They can throw light on systems which may otherwise be too complex or recondite.

Exploring practical solutions to these problems, this book provides broad coverage of the technologies involved in manufacturing and operating hybrids. The book reviews key components of hybrid and pure electric vehicles, including batteries, fuel cells, and ultracapacitors. The book also discusses both concept and production-bound hybrids as well as the economics and safety issues of hybrid ownership. The author supplies effective tips on how to save gasoline with conventional and hybrid automobiles.

Exploring practical solutions to these problems, this book provides broad coverage of the technologies involved in manufacturing and operating hybrids. The book reviews key components of hybrid and pure electric vehicles, including batteries, fuel cells, and ultracapacitors. The book also discusses both concept and production-bound hybrids as well as the economics and safety issues of hybrid ownership. The author supplies effective tips on how to save gasoline with conventional and hybrid automobiles.

by Tom Denton (Author)