Publication date: 2003-10
Dewey code: 629.2293
List Price: $195.00
Price: $195.00
Review Hybrid Powered Vehicles / SAE International:With growing concerns about energy security and global warming, interest in hybrid vehicles is on the rise due to their advantages in using the existing infrastructure and offering a means to reduce consumer fuel consumption and cost while significantly reducing levels of the pollutants contributing to global warming. However, the average consumer is only willing to pay $1000 to $1500 extra for a hybrid and current costs are approximately three times this amount. Author John M. German, a recognized expert in hybrid technology from American Honda Motor Co. , closely examines the various technological and commercial facets of hybrids. The report explores the basis of hybrid components and system engineering, and then delves into the design constraints, challenges and opportunities. Hybrid Powered Vehicles concludes with a look toward the future presenting an expert's outlook on developments in the technology, its applications and potential markets. Chapters include : Hybrid Vehicles - Transitional Technology or Ultimate Solution Hybrid Electric System Design Hybrid Components Real World Design Constraints Hybrid System Optimization: Challenges and Optimization Customer Acceptance Future Hybrid Technology Development Future Hybrid Markets.
Publication date: 2003-12-18
Dewey code: 338.47629222094
List Price: $195.00
Price: $162.24
Review Production Networks in Asia and Europe: Skill Formation and Technology Transfer in the Automobile Industry (Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledgecurzon) / RoutledgeCurzon:This book explores Japanese investment in Europe and Southeast Asia, in relation to the automobile industry.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1999-01-29
Dewey code: 808.06692
List Price: $160.00
Price: $160.00
Review Missing Persons: The Impossibility of Auto/biography / Routledge:Deconstructionism has meant that theoretical debates are increasingly concerned with layers of meaning and representation. Mary Evans uses auto/biography to examine whether the `real' person can ever be discovered using this medium. She then goes on to explore how individuals have acted to construct themselves, using four case studies to highlight the different choices made and the social influences involved.
Edition: 4th Revised edition
Publication date: 2009-03-16
List Price: $225.00
Price: $149.62
Review World Registry Of Cobras & GT40s / Parker House:
Creator: Peter Nijkamp
Edition: illustrated edition
Publication date: 2003-01
Dewey code: 658.788
List Price: $315.00
Price: $274.59
Review Transport Logistics (Classics in Transport Analysis Series) / Edward Elgar Publishing:Logistics is the management function responsible for the flow of materials through the supply chain. Freight transport typically accounts for a third of total logistics costs and is a major determinant of the quality of a distribution service. This comprehensive and integrated collection includes a wide range of previously published articles from logistics management, operations research and economics journals, as well as the mainstream transport literature. The volume is divided into 13 sections covering the full spectrum of research in the field, including the modeling of freight flows, just-in-time delivery, modal split, vehicle routing and utilization, the environmental impact of freight transport operations, city logistics and telematics and the deregulation of freight markets. This authoritative volume will be an essential compendium for those teaching and researching in the rapidly-expanding field of transport logistics, as well as for those involved in the management of logistics and formulation of public policy on freight transport.
Creator: Jaques Periaux
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2003-09-17
Dewey code: 629.13232
List Price: $229.00
Price: $179.90
Review Coupling of Fluids, Structures and Waves in Aeronautics: Proceedings of a French-Australian Workshop in Melbourne, Australia 3-6 December 2001 (Notes on ... and Multidisciplinary Design) (v. 85) / Springer:This volume contains the proceedings of a workshop held in Melbourne, Australia, entitled 'Coupling of Fluids, Structures and Waves in Aeronautics'. The 22 papers deal with new computational methods for multi-disciplinary design in aeronautics. They are grouped into chapters on fluids, structures, electromagnetics, optimisation, mathematical methods and tools, and aircraft design. Several papers treat coupling of these themes in a multi-physics setting. Included is a 17-page report of a Round Table discussion entitled 'Future Tools for Design and Manufacture of Innovative Products in the Aeronautics Industry', together with a summary of important themes and issues. This research promotes the advanced technologies necessary for continued development of efficient and environmentally sustainable transport systems.
Publication date: 2008-06-30
Dewey code: 333
List Price: $115.00
Price: $115.00
Review Hydrogen & Fuel Cells: Advances in Transportation and Power / Fairmont Press:The hydrogen car has been proposed as the solution to our oil problems, but how would it work, and what potential problems associated with it? This book addresses these questions and provides specifics about current developments toward a hydrogen-based energy infrastructure. It offers the reader an informed look at the current state of fuel cell power and transportation technology, and where it's headed.
Authors
- O. C. Amrhyn
- John F. Hoelzle
Edition: 2 Sub
Publication date: 1991-09
Dewey code: 629.225
List Price: $110.00
Price: $110.00
Review Utility Vehicle Design Handbook (Ae (Series)) / SAE International:
Authors
- PEP (Professional Engineering Publishers)
Dewey code: 388
List Price: $120.00
Price: $116.40
Review Bus 2000: The Heart of the City Centre Transportation (Imeche Event Publications) / Wiley:Transport policy and bus services in Switzerland; zero emission vehicles - an engineer's view point; taking radical route - a very low floor urban bus design concept; new cost-effective concept for automatic vehicle location (AVL) offers more features and benefits for passengers, operators and authorities; noise and vibration transfer path analysis; route adpation of control strategies for a hybrid bus system; a comparison of buses using alternative fuel and drive systems; vehicle design and composites; designing the bus into the market; product development methodology for Bus 2000.
Publication date: 2007-04-16
Dewey code: 338.4762920941
List Price: $180.00
Price: $127.50
Review Britain's Competitiveness / Taylor & Francis:Through an analysis of the U. K. automotive component sector, the author examines core of the competitiveness debate and outlines why there has been such a widespread and severe decline in the performance of British manufacturing. He draws on findings from visits to 30 British manufacturers and 30 overseas manufacturers in Germany, the U. S. A. and Japan, matched on a product basis to allow comparisons and a genuine international perspective.
Publication date: 2005-04-01
Dewey code: 629.2293
List Price: $129.95
Price: $118.95
Review Hybrid Gasoline-Electric Vehicle Development / SAE International:This book chronicles recent advances in hybrid vehicle technologies and looks ahead to future hybrid vehicle development. The content focuses on hybrid vehicles with electrical energy storage systems and potential synergies provided by the electric power. Intended for those involved in all aspects of hybrid vehicle design and development, this book is an invaluable resource for practicing engineers, managers, students, and those with an interest in this promising technology. Editor John M. German, a recognized expert in hybrid technology from American Honda Motor Company, closely examines the technological and commercial facets of hybrid systems. Featuring 28 landmark SAE technical papers - plus articles from Automotive Engineering International magazine - from the past seven years (1998-2004), this book provides the most comprehensive information available on topics including power performance and fuel economy; powertrain architecture and controls integration; urban, military, and commercial applications; battery technologies; and energy management, control, and recovery strategies. Hybrid activities at companies such as DaimlerChrysler, Delphi, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Nissan, Toyota, Eaton, FedEx, and the U. S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command are included.
Creator: Gerald B. Raines
Publication date: 2009-08-15
Dewey code: 629.2293
List Price: $129.00
Price: $129.00
Review Electric Vehicles: Technology, Research and Development / Nova Science Publishers:With ever increasing concern on environmental protection and energy conservation, there is a fast growing interest in electric vehicles (EVs) from automakers, governments and customers. As electric propulsion is the core of EVs, there is a pressing need for researchers to develop advanced electric motor drives for various classes of EVs, including the battery, hybrid and fuel cell vehicles. Such issues are addressed in this book. The development and use of a fuel cell based power system for propulsion of electric aircrafts is discussed. A study done on the flight mechanics of the new aircraft, to verify the new flight performance, is also examined. Electric powered two-wheelers have risen in popularity in China over the past several years. This book investigates the growth of these electric two-wheelers in China and compares their environmental and safety impacts to those of alternative modes of transportation. Futhermore, the design and implementation of a hardware-in-the-loop system for the development, verification, and validation of algorithms used to construct state estimators for batteries and supercapacitors is addressed. There are several different kinds of devices that can be used to achieve electrochemical energy conversion. Some of these conversion technologies are reviewed, as well as their impact on the environment. [+]The method used to control a power-train of a hybrid electric vehicle is discussed as well as how both the engine and the electric machine may achieve respective higher efficiencies after using this method. The regulated and unregulated emissions of diesel engines operating on different sulfur content fuels are also looked at. Energy efficiency issues include research and development priorities, funding for climate-related efficiency programs, implementation of equipment efficiency standards, regulation of vehicle fuel efficiency, and electricity industry ratemaking for energy efficiency profitability. Such issues are addressed in this book.
Publication date: 2009-04-25
Dewey code: 629
List Price: $180.00
Price: $113.40
Review Miura 360: The World's First Supercar / Parker House:Lambotghini 360[degrees] implies a full, innovative, all-around view of this fabulous automotive icon. Forty years on, it is now truly appreciated for its position in the world of supercars. It is without question the first by any definition, the purest of them all. This book combines the time honoured technical and numbers story with a new social view illustrated throughout by stunning and newly found photography. But the piece de resistance is the exhaustive, unique series of interviews undertaken with the original players on the Lamborghini stage from the cars very beginnings. Here we have first hand stories from those involved. the designers; the engineers; the artisans; the business, sales and PR people; customers, journalists and observers. Beautifully designed and created with top notch materials, written by two authorities with great skill, this new book will take you back to where the supercar began.
Creator: Peter Nijkamp
Edition: illustrated edition
Publication date: 2003-06
Dewey code: 303.4832
List Price: $350.00
Price: $259.42
Review The Automobile (Classics in Transport Analysis, 7) / Edward Elgar Publishing:This is an authoritative collection of previously published articles on important aspects of the automobile age. The volume has been divided into five areas of interest. Part I focuses on supply side issues related to the car industry, technological change in the transport sector and future developments of automobile technology. Parts II, III and IV deal with the demand for automobile transport within the overall transport system. The final section deals with private and social costs, externalities such as accidents, congestion and pollution, and policy interventions. Rapidly growing car ownership has brought about a remarkable increase in mobility. The mobility and travel choices need to be analyzed within complex networks. The strong mutual interactions between transport and spatial developments have led to an intense debate on car dependence and related spatial systems analyses. This collection will be an invaluable source of reference to students, teachers and researchers in the field of transport studies and the history of the car industry.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2003-12-19
Dewey code: 629.2293
List Price: $160.00
Price: $118.80
Review Electric Vehicle Technology Explained / Wiley:While the classic battery electric car continues to make only a small impact on the automobile market, other types of electric vehicle, especially hybrids, have made significant and promising improvements. Moreover, small battery electric vehicles such as bicycles and mobility aids are also developing well. Presenting more than 160 diagrams and pictures, this book explains the science and technology behind these important developments, and also introduces the issues that underpin the design and performance modelling of electric vehicles. Electric Vehicle Technology Explained: Encompasses a full range of electric vehicles: bicycles, mobility aids, delivery vehicles and buses – not just cars. Covers all the basic technology relating to electric road vehicles – batteries, super capacitors, flywheels, fuel cells, electric motors and their controllers, and system design. Considers the environmental benefits and disadvantages of electric vehicles and their component devices. Includes case studies of a range of batteries, hybrids and fuel cell powered vehicles, from bicycles to buses. Offers many MATLAB® examples explaining the design of appropriate computer prediction models. Professionals, researchers and engineers in the electric vehicle industry as well as advanced students in electrical and mechanical engineering will benefit from this comprehensive coverage of electric vehicle technology.
Edition: Deluxe
Publication date: 1984-09
Dewey code: 688
List Price: $225.00
Price: $164.25
Review Toy Autos, 1890-1939 / Macmillan Pub Co:
Edition: 1st
Publication date: 2001-11-15
Dewey code: 629.2293
List Price: $317.00
Price: $226.23
Review Modern Electric Vehicle Technology / Oxford University Press, USA: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) systems. Provides in-depth discussions on electric propulsion systems, emerging EV energy sources and latest EV auxiliaries. Presents the concept of system level simulation and a dedicated EV simulator for system optimisation. and discusses the key issues relating to commercialisation and implementation of EVs.
Edition: 1ST
Publication date: 2004-09-30
Dewey code: 629.228
List Price: $140.00
Price: $122.61
Review Maserati Tipo 63, 64, 65: Birdcage to Supercage / Dalton Watson Fine Books:The history of the rear-engined Birdcage Maseratis: Tipo 63, 64 and 65. 1959-1965. The competition history and technical specifications of all 10 rear-engined Birdcage Maseratis constructed, and their direct competition: Ferrari, Porsche, Aston Martin, Jaguar, Lotus, Cooper, Lister, Scarab, Chaparral, Sting Ray and Old Yaller Also included is the background of the private team owners who bought the cars: Briggs Cunningham, Count Volpi, Lucky Casner, and John Simone.
Publication date: 2009-08-17
Dewey code: 621
List Price: $140.00
Price: $126.15
Review Automotive Electricity: Electric Drive / Wiley-ISTE:Since the beginning of the century, electrical goods have invaded our everyday lives. Now, electric power is coming to be seen as a solution to the pollution caused by cars. While this transition has remained very slow during the last ten years, it has been accelerating as the statutory constraints and needs of the market have changed. Even if the electric car itself fails to dominate the market, electric traction is taking an important place in our drive to move away from gas-powered vehicles. Another solution, hybrid vehicles, combine two sources of energy (electric and chemical), reducing the global consumption of fossil fuels. Fuel cell vehicles are also one of the most promising technologies for the future, with the capacity to use any fuel - hydrogen being the ideal fuel ecologically, but constrained by infrastructure and storage issues. This book explores all these different solutions for moving our vehicles from fossil fuel consumption to new, more environmentally-friendly power sources.
Publication date: 2001-11
Dewey code: 629.2293
List Price: $279.95
Price: $279.95
Review Fuel Cell Vehicles: Technological, Market, and Policy Issues / SAE International:
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Hybrid Powered Vehicles, Production Networks in Asia and Europe: Skill Formation and Technology Transfer in the Automobile Industry (Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledgecurzon), Missing Persons: The Impossibility of Auto/biography, World Registry Of Cobras & GT40s, Transport Logistics (Classics in Transport Analysis Series), Coupling of Fluids, Structures and Waves in Aeronautics: Proceedings of a French-Australian Workshop in Melbourne, Australia 3-6 December 2001 (Notes on ... and Multidisciplinary Design) (v. 85), Hydrogen & Fuel Cells: Advances in Transportation and Power, Utility Vehicle Design Handbook (Ae (Series)), Bus 2000: The Heart of the City Centre Transportation (Imeche Event Publications), Britain's Competitiveness, Hybrid Gasoline-Electric Vehicle Development, Electric Vehicles: Technology, Research and Development, Miura 360: The World's First Supercar, The Automobile (Classics in Transport Analysis, 7), Electric Vehicle Technology Explained, Toy Autos, 1890-1939, Modern Electric Vehicle Technology, Maserati Tipo 63, 64, 65: Birdcage to Supercage, Automotive Electricity: Electric Drive, Fuel Cell Vehicles: Technological, Market, and Policy IssuesTop headlines: Starr: How to Fix the Yankees: With their longtime manager halfway out the door, the Yankees in transition will be the most fascinating story in baseball. ›22:28 10 Oct, Wed Iraq: With U.S. Help, Warlords Gain New Power: ›21:49 6 Oct, Sat Give Ice Age 3 the cold shoulder: Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs seemingly exists only to give parents and children an air-conditioned activity between Up and the upcoming Ponyo. ›23:35 30 Jun, Tue Economists point to rising debt as next crisis: The Founding Fathers left one legacy not celebrated on Independence Day but which affects us all. 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