Electric & Hybrid Vehicles

A.K. Babu

KHANNA PUBLISHING HOUSE

About this ebook

This concise book has been designed for easy reading and to meet the critical skill requirements of students in the branches of Automobile Engineering and Mechanical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. The contents are presented in 22 lucid chapters. The book deals with the fundamentals, electric vehicles (EVs), hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), and fuel cell vehicles (FCVs). It comprehensively presents vehicle performance, configuration, and control strategy for different electric and hybrid electric vehicles.

This course book is intended for use as a Textbook and as a primary Reference book by colleges and technical universities offering core and elective subjects like Electric and Hybrid Vehicles and New Generation Vehicles.

About the author

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A.K.Babu is working as Associate Professor in the Department of Automobile Engineering, SRM Easwari Engineering College, Chennai, India. He has over 18 years of experience in teaching, research and industry. A.K.Babu, completed his Master Degree in Automobile Engineering from Madras Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), Anna University (1997). He has served in other countries like Malaysia, Ethiopia and Eritrea for more than 5 years. A.K.Babu has published considerable number of research papers in international journals and conferences. His research paper published in SAE Journal of Fuels and Lubricants awarded one the most outstanding papers in the year 2003.