Electric and Hybrid Cars: Service & Repair Manuals

Build Your Own Electric Vehicle (3rd edition)

Thoroughly revised and expanded this is your go-to guide for converting an internal combustion engine vehicle to electric or building an EV from the ground up. You'll also find out about the wide variety of EVs available for purchase and how they're being built. This new edition details all the latest breakthroughs, including AC propulsion and regenerative braking systems, intelligent controllers, batteries, and charging technologies.
Filled with updated photos, this cutting-edge resource fully describes each component - motor, battery, controller, charger, and chassis - and provides illustrated, step-by-step instructions on how to assemble all the parts.

"Build Your Own Electric Vehicle, Third Edition" covers:
- Environmental impact and energy savings
- The best EV for you - purchase trade-offs, conversion trade-offs, and conversion costs
- Chassis and design
- Different types of electric motors and controllers
- Lithium EV batteries
- Chargers and electrical systems
- EV builds and conversions
- Licensing and insuring your EV
- Driving and maintenance.

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Author:	Seth Leitman, Bob Brant
Details:	352 pages, 9.25 x 7.3 x 0.79 in (23.5 x 18.5 x 2 cm), paperback
Illustrations:	illustrated
Language:	English
Publisher:	McGraw-Hill (USA, 2013)
ISBN:	9780071770569

Electric and Hybrid Vehicles - Design Fundamentals (2nd Edition)

Thoroughly updated to encompass the significant technological advances since the publication of the first edition, this book maintains the comprehensive, systems-level perspective of electric and hybrid vehicles while covering the hybrid architectures and components of the vehicle in much greater detail. The author emphasizes technical details, mathematical relationships, and design guidelines throughout the text.

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Author:	Iqbal Husain
Details:	523 pages, 9 x 6.5 x 1.3 in (24 x 16.5 x 3.3 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	285 b&w photos, 26 b&w tables
Language:	English
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis Inc (USA, 2010)
ISBN:	9781439811757

Electric and Hybrid-Electric Vehicles - Engines and Powertrains

With production and planning for new electric vehicles gaining momentum worldwide, this book - the third in a series of five volumes on this subject - provides engineers and researchers with perspectives on the most current and innovative developments regarding electric and hybrid-electric vehicle technology, design considerations, and components.

This book features 13 SAE technical papers, published from 2008 through 2010, that provide an overview of research on electric vehicle engines and powertrains. Topics include:
- Hybrid-electric vehicle transmissions and propulsion systems
- The development of a new 1.8-liter engine for hybrid vehicles
- Vehicle system control software validation
- The impact of hybrid-electric powertrains on chassis systems and vehicle dynamics
- High-torque density motors, and interior permanent magnet synchronous motors.

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Author:	Ronald K. Jurgen
Details:	147 pages, 9.1 x 5.9 in (23 x 15 cm), paperback
Illustrations:	illustrated
Language:	English
Publisher:	SAE International (USA, 2011)
ISBN:	9780768057195

Electric and Hybrid-Electric Vehicles - Overviews and Viewpoints

With production and planning for new electric vehicles gaining momentum worldwide, this book - the first in a series of five volumes on this subject - provides engineers and researchers with perspectives on the most current and innovative developments regarding electric and hybrid-electric vehicle technology, design considerations, and components.

This book features 12 SAE technical papers, published from 2008 through 2010, that provide an overview of research on topics such as:
- The CO2 benefits of electrification
- The effects of aggressive driving behavior
- Heat recovery in hybrid vehicles
- The impact of drive cycles on PHEV component requirements
- Energy management strategies using game theory and other approaches.

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Author:	Ronald K. Jurgen
Details:	153 pages, 10.8 x 8.5 x 0.35 in (27.5 x 21.5 x 0.9 cm), paperback
Illustrations:	illustrated
Language:	English
Publisher:	SAE International (USA, 2011)
ISBN:	9780768057171

Electric Vehicle Technology Explained (2nd Edition)

A complete guide to the principles, design and applications of electric vehicle technology. Including all the latest advances, it presents clear and comprehensive coverage of the major aspects of electric vehicle development and offers an engineering-based evaluation of electric motor scooters, cars, buses and trains.
This new edition includes:
- important new chapters on types of electric vehicles, including pickup and linear motors, overall efficiencies and energy consumption, and power generation, particularly for zero carbon emissions
- expanded chapters updating the latest types of EV, types of batteries, battery technology and other rechargeable devices, fuel cells, hydrogen supply, controllers, EV modeling, ancillary system design, and EV and the environment
- brand new practical examples and case studies illustrating how electric vehicles can be used to substantially reduce carbon emissions and cut down reliance on fossil fuels
- futuristic concept models, electric and high-speed trains and developments in magnetic levitation and linear motors
- an examination of EV efficiencies, energy consumption and sustainable power generation.

Explaining the underpinning science and technology, this book is essential for practicing electrical, automotive, power, control and instrumentation engineers working in EV research and development. It is also a valuable reference for academics and students in automotive, mechanical, power and electrical engineering.

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Author:	James Larminie, John Lowry
Details:	339 pages, 9.8 x 6.9 x 0.79 in (25 x 17.5 x 2 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	extensively illustrated
Language:	English
Publisher:	John Wiley & Sons Inc (USA, 2012)
ISBN:	9781119942733

The Zero Carbon Car - Green Technology and the Automotive Industry

Examines the hundreds of ways in which car manufacturers are trying to reduce our carbon footprint, and the adaptation of the automotive industry to changing technology in a world where environmental issues are becoming ever more prevalent.

Topics covered include:
- What is meant by the terms 'global warming' and 'green', and how these can be defined
- An account of the long history of green automotive technology
- Alternative fuels, including diesel and hydrogen
- Developments in environmentally friendly engine technology
- Electric cars
- Environmental issues in material usage and car body manufacture.

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Author:	Brian Long
Details:	208 pages, 10.4 x 8.9 x 0.71 in (26.5 x 22.5 x 1.8 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	350 color photos
Language:	English
Publisher:	The Crowood Press Ltd (GB, 2013)
ISBN:	9781847974211

Elektrifizierung in der Fahrzeugtechnik - Grundlagen und Anwendungen

What does the introduction of electric motors and hybrid vehicles mean for the world of motor vehicles? What questions about the efficiency and safety of electric cars does this raise for electrical engineering?

This textbook, a guide to electric cars, is aimed at students and engineers in automotive engineering who want to familiarize themselves with the field of electromobility and vehicle electronics. In addition to the basics of electrical engineering and vehicle mechatronics, it provides a concise overview of the electric drives available today.

Pages of the book "Elektrifizierung in der Fahrzeugtechnik - Grundlagen und Anwendungen"

Students in automotive engineering courses gain knowledge in this textbook that will enable them to master tasks and work. They also learn relevant specialist knowledge about electric drives and digitalization in automotive engineering.

Practice tasks and various examples round off the knowledge acquired.

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Author:	Oliver Zirn
Details:	330 pages, 9 x 6.7 x 0.75 in (24 x 17 x 1.9 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	illustrated
Language:	German
Publisher:	Carl Hanser Verlag GmbH & Co. KG (D, 2017)
ISBN:	9783446450943

Bosch Technische leergang - Hybride aandrijvingen, brandstofcellen en alternatieve brandstoffen

This first special edition in the Dutch "Technische Leergangen" series explains, among other things, how an increase in drive power with a simultaneous decrease in fuel consumption is possible when applying the hybrid concept. The hybrid drive concepts currently in use and under development with specific advantages and disadvantages are explained. The future, fully electric drive, with the fuel cell as energy source, is also discussed in detail.

In addition to alternative drive concepts, various concepts for the use of alternative fuels are also discussed and compared with each other.
Hybrid technology is a grateful subject in the media due to the increasing number of hybrid passenger cars on the road. This unique and first book on hybrid technology is an indispensable reference work for anyone who wants to know more about the latest drive concepts of today and the future.

Contents:
- Fuel economy
- Hybrid drives
- Drive configurations
- Control of hybrid vehicles
- Regenerative braking system
- Electric drives for hybrid vehicles
- Battery systems
- On-board electrical system for hybrid vehicles
- Fuel cells for commercial vehicle propulsion
- Components of the fuel cell system
- Alternative fuels.

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Author:	R. van den Brink
Details:	92 pages, 9.7 x 6.9 x 0.47 in (24.5 x 17.5 x 1.2 cm), paperback
Illustrations:	extensively illustrated
Language:	Dutch
Publisher:	MK Publishing (NL, 2010)
ISBN:	9789066740501