The book deals with the fundamentals, theory, and design of conventional
cars with internal combustion engines (ICEs), electric vehicles (EVs), hybrid
electric vehicles (HEVs), and fuel cell vehicles (FCVs). It comprehensively
presents vehicle performance, configuration, control strategy, design
methodology, modeling, and simulation for different conventional and modern
vehicles based on mathematical equations.
This book includes vehicle system analysis, ICE-based drive trains, EV
design, HEV configurations, electric propulsion systems, series/parallel/mild
hybrid electric drive train design methodologies, energy storage systems,
regenerative braking, fuel cells and their applications in vehicles, and fuel
cell hybrid electric drive train design. It emphasizes the overall drive train
system and not just specific components. The design methodology is
described by step-by-step mathematical equations. Furthermore, in explaining
the design methodology of each drive train, design examples are presented
with simulation results.