ELECTRICAL VEHICLE FUTURE OF MOBILITY

Electric and Hybrid Vehicles: Power Sources, Models, Sustainability, Infrastructure and the Market reviews the performance, cost, safety, and sustainability of battery systems for hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) and electric vehicles (EVs), including nickel-metal hydride batteries and Li-ion batteries. This book focuses on the latest emerging technologies in electric vehicles (EV) and their economic and environmental impact. The topics covered include different types of EVs such as a hybrid electrical vehicle (HEV), battery electric vehicle (BEV), fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV), plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV). Theoretical background and practical examples of conventional electrical machines, advanced electrical machines, battery energy sources, onboard charging and off-board charging techniques, and optimization methods are presented here. This book can be useful for students, researchers and practitioners interested in different problems and challenges associated with electric vehicles. Our objective in this book is to address some of the issues that impede the adoption of plug-in EVs. Rather than focusing on single vehicles, our focus shall be on developing techniques to better use networks of electric vehicles. At the time of writing this book, we believe that this aspect of EV technology has not been significantly documented elsewhere.