Covering applications in conventional, hybrid-electric, and electric vehicles, this book provides a comprehensive reference for automotive electrical systems. This authoritative handbook features contributions from an outstanding international panel of experts from industry and academia, highlighting existing and emerging technologies. Divided into five parts, it offers an overview of automotive power systems, discusses semiconductor devices, sensors, and other components, explains different power electronic converters, examines electric machines and associated drives, and details various...

This detailed reference provides guidelines for the selection and utilization of electric motors for improved reliability, performance, energy-efficiency, and life-cycle cost-reflecting the state-of-the-science in the field, as well as recent developments in control electronics, the economics of energy-efficient motors and systems, and advanced power electronic drivers.