Electric and Hybrid Vehicles

This new edition includes new case studies and illustrations and is extensively updated especially for batteries, charging and the high voltage pathway. It covers the different vehicles, costs and emissions, and the charging infrastructure, plus batteries, motors, control systems, and maintenance and repair.

List of contents

1. Introduction to electric vehicles. 2. Safe working, tools and hazard management. 3. Electrical and electronic principles. 4. Electric vehicle technology. 5. Batteries. 6. Motors and control systems. 7. Charging. 8. Maintenance, repairs, and replacement. 9. Diagnostics. 10. High voltage pathway for the independent workshop.

About the author

Tom Denton is the leading UK automotive author with a teaching career spanning from lecturer to head of automotive engineering in a large college. His numerous bestselling textbooks have been endorsed by all leading professional organisations and are used by automotive students and technicians across the world.
Hayley Pells is Policy Manager at the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI), an experienced MOT tester, and owner of award-winning Avia Sports Cars Ltd. She is a versatile automotive aftermarket writer, regularly published since 2007, an authoritative public speaker and consultant specialising in digital literacy, blended learning, and electric vehicle technology.

Summary

This new edition includes new case studies and illustrations and is extensively updated especially for batteries, charging and the high voltage pathway. It covers the different vehicles, costs and emissions, and the charging infrastructure, plus batteries, motors, control systems, and maintenance and repair.

Product details

• Authors: Tom Denton, Tom (Technical Consultant Denton, Denton Tom, Hayley Pells
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.01.2024
• EAN: 9781032556802
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3255680-2
• No. of pages: 246
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Mechanical engineering, production engineering; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Automotive, TRANSPORTATION / Automotive / History, Electrical Engineering, Automotive technology and trades, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering: general, Automotive technology & trades, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Automatic control engineering, Civil engineering, surveying and building