Modern Electric Vehicle Technology covers multidisciplinary aspects of electric vehicles (EVs), and is written for a wide coverage of readers including students, researchers, engineers and administrators. This book is probably the first comprehensive reference book on electric vehicles that includes the following distinct features; It concisely and precisely reviews the state of the art of EV technology and the historical development of EVs, presents the engineering philosophy of electric vehicles. Identifies new configurations, concepts and classifications of modern EV and hybrid EV (HEV)...

A timely comprehensive reference consolidates the research and development of electric vehicle machines and drives for electric and hybrid propulsions

- Focuses on electric vehicle machines and drives
- Covers the major technologies in the area including fundamental concepts and applications
- Emphasis the design criteria, performance analyses and application examples or potentials of various motor drives and machine systems
- Accompanying website includes the simulation models and outcomes as supplementary material

The book provides thorough coverage of energy systems for electric and hybrid vehicles with a focus on the three main energy system technologies - energy sources, battery charging and vehicle-to-grid systems. Energy sources includes electrochemical energy sources, electromechanical energy storage, hybrid energy sources, on-board solar energy harvesting, on-board thermoelectric energy recovery, and battery management. Battery charging technology ranges from the existing charging strategies to the latest wireless charging techniques for park-and-charge and move-and-charge. Vehicle-to-grid...