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Hybrid vehicles and the future of personal transportation /

By: Fuhs, Allen E.
Publisher: Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2009Description: xxxii, 470 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781420075342; 9781420075342:.Subject(s): Mechanical engineering | Hybrid electric cars | Transportation | Renewable energy sources | Automobiles -- Design and constructionDDC classification: 629.229
Contents:
Historical roots of hybrid automobiles -- Why the crisis? hybrid vehicles as a mitigation measure -- Overview of hybrid vehicles -- Hybrid automobile : what is it? -- Why hybrids get good mileage -- Multifaceted complexity of batteries -- Obesity : bad in humans, bad in cars -- Vital role of the control system -- Regenerative braking -- Narrow operating band for gasoline engine -- Hybridness : a basic design decision -- Mileage ratings -- Enhancing the sales brochure -- Torque curves : a match made in heaven -- Economics of hybrid ownership -- New technologies : hybrids -- New technologies : internal combustion engine -- Hybrids : mainstream or fringe? -- Factors influencing resale value -- Dangers of aftermarket add-ons -- Safety issues -- Future.
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Standard Loan Standard Loan ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection 629.229 FUH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0051845
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Historical roots of hybrid automobiles -- Why the crisis? hybrid vehicles as a mitigation measure -- Overview of hybrid vehicles -- Hybrid automobile : what is it? -- Why hybrids get good mileage -- Multifaceted complexity of batteries -- Obesity : bad in humans, bad in cars -- Vital role of the control system -- Regenerative braking -- Narrow operating band for gasoline engine -- Hybridness : a basic design decision -- Mileage ratings -- Enhancing the sales brochure -- Torque curves : a match made in heaven -- Economics of hybrid ownership -- New technologies : hybrids -- New technologies : internal combustion engine -- Hybrids : mainstream or fringe? -- Factors influencing resale value -- Dangers of aftermarket add-ons -- Safety issues -- Future.

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