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New subject well covered, but containing too many errors.
To my knowledge, this is the only book ever written strictly about a comprehensive history of the electric auctomobile.The author does a credible job, including both the technical and business sides.Unfortunately, however, I found many typos and at least a few demonstrably incorrect facts.It appears that the book was rushed into print for some reason.Future historians reading this book should take care to check anything drawn from it. The book is quite readable.It includes an index and a listing of electric vehicle manufacturers.Unfortunately, Wakefield does not include production figures for the manufacturers. ... Read more

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With growing concerns about energy security and global warming, interest in hybrid vehicles is on the rise due to their advantages in using the existing infrastructure and offering a means to reduce consumer fuel consumption and cost while significantly reducing levels of the pollutants contributing to global warming. However, the average consumer is only willing to pay $1000 to $1500 extra for a hybrid and current costs are approximately three times this amount.

Author John M. German, a recognized expert in hybrid technology from American Honda Motor Co., closely examines the various technological and commercial facets of hybrids. The report explores the basis of hybrid components and system engineering, and then delves into the design constraints, challenges and opportunities. Hybrid Powered Vehicles concludes with a look toward the future presenting an expert's outlook on developments in the technology, its applications and potential markets.

Chapters include :

Hybrid Vehicles - Transitional Technology or Ultimate Solution
Hybrid Electric System Design
Hybrid Components
Real World Design Constraints
Hybrid System Optimization: Challenges and Optimization
Customer Acceptance
Future Hybrid Technology Development
Future Hybrid Markets ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more

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The development of hybrid vehicles, prompted by the pressing requirement for the reduction in the environmental impact of land transport, is probably one of the most significant recent advances in automotive technology. The hybrid vehicle is just coming of age, and the first generation of hybrid cars is now available to the general public. Hybrid buses and trolleybuses have already entered regular service.

In this timely book, the authors review recent progress in the development of a range of hybrid vehicles, from small cars to buses and light rail vehicles, and describe the results of field trials and operational experience. Numerous tables, graphs and black-and-white photographs are included while clear references are also featured to aid further investigation.

The volume will be of great interest to engineering and technical staff working in the road and rail vehicle industries, final year undergraduates and postgraduates studying mechanical and automotive engineering, transport planning personnel, and technically literate readers who wish to find out more about this subject. ... Read more

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P. Griffith of the Santa Barbara Electric TransportationInstitute ... Read more

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In the United States, research is continuing into using fuel cells to improve the fuel economy of both sport utility vehicles (SUV's) and passenger cars. Predictions are that through the innovative use of a fuel cell powering an electric motor in an SUV, an increase of 15 per cent in fuel economy may be achieved along with a drastic reduction in emissions, even using an on-board reformer. Only a few years ago, predictions were that fuel cells would not be used in production vehicles for at least a decade. Today, production vehicles will be available by 2003. Chapters Include: The Time isRight for Fuel Cells; What are Fuel Cells?; Types of Fuel Cells; Auxiliary Power Units; Fuels; Reformers; Fuel Cell Powered Vehicles; The Challenges; and References. ... Read more

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With energy consumption rising and with it our dependence on crude oil from politically uncertain regions, and faced with the threat to the environment from polluting emissions, it is becoming ever more evident that fuels from renewable resources are an increasingly attractive option to fossil fuels. Edinger and Kaul, like a growing number of other experts, hold the mobility of populations--transportation, in other words--responsposible for the rise in the rate of greenhouse gas emissions, a condition that can only get worse as less developed regions of the world emerge with their own needs and demands for mobility. What to do? Edinger and Kaul outline in sharp detail the shortcomings of current vehicular technologies and dominant fossil fuels. They present a careful, authoritative examination of innovative technologies that in their opinion have the best chance of combating dangerous reliance on conventional means of power, not only for transportation but other purposes as well. And they focus on special forms of fuel cell drive systems, with their high efficiencies and reduced consumptions, and on other emerging renewable technologies and their innovative, sustainable power sources--such as fuels from biomass and renewable electricity, a particularly promising source of energy for newly growing economies. Wide ranging in coverage, forthright in style, the book is an important review of how things are today, why they could get worse, but perhaps most importantly, what we can do about it. ... Read more

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This multi-author, 670-page handbook provides information on alternative vehicular power systems, encompassing advances in the rapidly evolving battery, hybrid and fuel cell technology domains. Vehicles based on these technologies are described in terms of performance, fuel economy, environmental impact, energy sources and costs, and are extensively compared and contrasted to conventional vehicles.For the most advanced concepts in development (fuel cell and long-range electric vehicles), the issue of recharging infrastructure is addressed, as are case studies of alternative vehicles proposed by major automakers. Fitting a manifest market need, this volume will be an invaluable resource for electrochemists skilled in battery and fuel cells, mechanical and transport engineers, energy and environment experts, in research institutions, universities and industries worldwide.

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Technology/Engineering/Automotive

Engineering for advancing ground vehicle mobility

A standard text and reference for both the educational and professional communities, Theory of Ground Vehicles gives aspiring and practicing engineers a fundamental understanding of the critical factors affecting the performance, handling, and ride essential to the development and design of ground vehicles. In view of the growing concerns over environmental impact, energy efficiency, and safety, this new Fourth Edition has been revised and expanded to address these issues and other developments in the field.

Retaining the contents and format of previous editions, the Fourth Edition introduces new material to reflect recent advances in ground transportation technology, including:
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Computer-aided methods for design and performance evaluation of off-road vehicles and their practical applications
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Emissions and fuel economy
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Hybrid electric drives and fuel cells and their operating principles
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Selection of vehicle configurations for off-road operations
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Road vehicle stability control
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ISO 2631-1:1997 and its applications to evaluating vehicle ride characteristics

As in previous editions, this book focuses on applying engineering principles to the analysis of vehicle behavior. A large number of practical examples and problems are included throughout to help readers bridge the gap between theory and practice. With its broad coverage and pedagogical aids, Theory of Ground Vehicles, Fourth Edition remains the text of choice for students, engineers, and researchers wishing to master and apply basic theory to solve real-world, road and off-road vehicle mobility problems. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (6)

Good Book
This is a good book. It is not all inclusive however and is semi-technical with not very many workout problems.

So much information
Theory of Ground Vehicles by J.Y. Wong (4th edition) is an excellent resource for automotive engineers. There are so many plots, visuals and other useful resources that it is almost overwhelming. However, if you know a specific topic you are interested in learning about this vast wealth of information proves extremely useful. I have only been focusing on the performance of road vehicles chapters in the book so I haven't had a chance to look at other sections in detail. However, there is significant discussion about off-road vehicles as well.

Theory of Ground Vehicles
It is a present for my boyfriend.I was able to find it easily on the site and it arrived quickly after I made the purchase.

useful book
I recommend every automotive engineer to use this book, It's a good reference.

Handles both road vehicles and tracked vehicles
The book covers dynamics of ground vehicles over hard surfaces and unprepared terrain - mechanics of vehicle-terrain interactions, terramechanics. Tracked vehicles such as a military tank or a bulldozer that is propelled by tracks instead of pneumatic tires are also covered in detail in this book. There is also attention to air-cushion vehicles (hovercrafts). However, the guided ground vehicles which are constrained to move along a fixed path, such as railway vehicles and tracked levitated vehicles are not covered in this book.

There is a very good chapter on the mechanics of pneumatic tires, which has both theoretical and practical information. Attention is also given to performance of tires on wet surfaces. This issue is frequently overlooked by the other vehicle dynamics books; however, the behavior of tires on wet surfaces is of considerable interest from a safety point of view, as many accidents occur on slippery roads. The tire is also analyzed as both spring and a damper. There are useful graphs and tables in this chapter, as well as throughout the whole book. The table of damping coefficient of tires shows that the damping coefficient of tire drops with increase of the inflation pressure.

Mechanics of vehicle-terrain interactions studies distribution of stresses in the terrain under vehicular loads, empirical methods for predicting off-road vehicle performance, a computer-aided method for evaluating the performance of vehicles with flexible tracks, and so on.

Performance characteristics are covered separately for road and off-road vehicles. For the road vehicles, the author analyzes equation of motion and maximum tractive effort, aerodynamic forces and moments, vehicle power plant and transmission characteristics, prediction of vehicle performance, operating fuel economy, engine and transmission matching and braking performance. For off-road vehicles, the author examines drawbar performance, fuel economy of cross-country operations, transport productivity and efficiency, mobility map and mobility profile, selection of vehicle configurations for off-road operations.

Handling characteristics of road vehicles and steering of tracked vehicles are also separately analyzed.

There is a very good chapter on vehicle ride characteristics and human response to vibration.

I also recommend "Race Car Vehicle Dynamics" by William F. Milliken and Douglas L. Milliken, which is also a good compromise between theoretical and practical information. ... Read more

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Motor control technology continues to play a vital role in the initiative to eliminate or at least decrease petroleum dependency and greenhouse gas emissions around the world. Increased motor efficiency is a crucial aspect of this science in the global transition to clean power use in areas such as industrial applications and home appliances—but particularly in the design of vehicles.

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Here is a story of how one individual converted an old pickup truck from gasoline to electric power.The author received a big assist from an experienced conversion compnay located hundreds of miles away.The book is not a how-to technical manual, but it chronicles what happended from start to finish.The story is often humorous, since the author was highly motivated but lacked the automotive experience and mechanical and electrical skills to efficiently complete the plan.This book is a must-read for anyone considering such a project. ... Read more

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Booz-Allen and Hamilton, Inc. for N.Y. State Energy Research and Development Authority ... Read more

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Compilation of six key doc.; Part A: Advanced Battery Systems R & D Program Plan; Part B: Fuel Cells in Transportation, National Program Plan (Executive Summary); Part C: Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Research & Development Program Plan; Part D: Hydrogen Program Plan; Part E: Ultracapacitor Program Plan; Part F: Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles Program Plan ... Read more

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The increased sensibility on environmental problems and the growing price of oil have focused research during the past few years on reducing energy consumption. As for the automotive field, research is devoted to increase vehicle efficiency and reduce pollutant emissions. In that context, the increasing interest on vehicle electrification (HEV, PHEV, EV) brought manufacturers and researchers to invest significant resources in the research and development of advanced energy storage systems, particularly in advanced battery systems. The Book focuses on lithium-ion technology because of its superior characteristics suitable for electric vehicles. Even if batteries are so common in day-by-day life, thanks to portable electronic systems, the need to use them in EVs and HEVs has underlined new issues with respect to the ones already solved for mobile electronic systems. Characterization, modeling, State-of-Charge etimations and disequalization phoenomena are the subjects of this Book. ... Read more