"Hybrid Vehicles and the Future of Personal Transportation" by Allen E. Fuhs (Repost)

Exploring practical solutions to these problems, this book provides broad coverage of the technologies involved in manufacturing and operating hybrids. The book reviews key components of hybrid and pure electric vehicles, including batteries, fuel cells, and ultracapacitors. The book also discusses both concept and production-bound hybrids as well as the economics and safety issues of hybrid ownership. The author supplies effective tips on how to save gasoline with conventional and hybrid automobiles.

Making the jargon of fuel-efficient vehicles accessible to a wide audience, this guide explains the history of hybrids, how they work, and their impact on the environment. It will help you make a sound decision concerning the purchase and operation of a hybrid or electric vehicle.
Features
• Addresses the future of personal transportation in relation to global warming and the finite limit of petroleum
• Presents a crucial introduction to eaeh of the technologies associated with hybrids
• Arms prospective buyers with the facts for purchasing and operating a hybrid automobile
• Clarifies certain myths surrounding the invention of hybrids, regenerative braking, and driving techniques that achieve the best mpg
• Gathers data from the Internet, Society of Automotive Engineers technical publications, auto enthusiast magazines, and government reports
• Contains many original figures, quantitative, graphs, and derivations of equations
• Includes a thorough discussion of the technical and safety aspects of lithium-ion batteries

Contents
Chapter 1 Historical Roots of Hybrid Automobiles
Chapter 2 Why the Crisis? Hybrid Vehicles as a Mitigation Measure
Chapter 3 Overview of Hybrid Vehicles
Chapter 4 Hybrid Automobile: What Is It?
Chapter 5 Why Hybrids Get Good Mileage
Chapter 6 Multifaceted Complexity of Batteries
Chapter 7 Obesity: Bad in Humans, Bad in Cars
Chapter 8 Vital Role of the Control System
Chapter 9 Regenerative Braking
Chapter 10 Narrow Operating Band for Gasoline Engine
Chapter 11 Hybridness: A Basic Design Decision
Chapter 12 Mileage Ratings
Chapter 13 Enhancing the Sales Brochure
Chapter 14 Torque Curves: A Match Made in Heaven
Chapter 15 Economics of Hybrid Ownership
Chapter 16 New Technologies: Hybrids
Chapter 17 New Technologies: Internal Combustion Engine
Chapter 18 Hybrids: Mainstream or Fringe?
Chapter 19 Factors Inl uencing Resale Value
Chapter 20 Dangers of Aftermarket Add-Ons
Chapter 21 Safety Issues
Chapter 22 Future

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