Table of Contents
* Contents
* Preface
* About the authors
* Introduction
o 0.1 Preface
o 0.2 Design theory and practice
o 0.3 Lean production, enterprise structures and networking
o 0.4 Electric-drive fundamentals
o 0.5 EV classification
* Part 1 ELECTROMOTIVE TECHNOLGY
o 1 Current EV design approaches
+ 1.1 Introduction
+ 1.2 Case for electric vehicles
+ 1.3 Selecting EV motor type for particular vehicle application
+ 1.4 Inverter technology
+ 1.5 Electric vehicle drives: optimum solutions for motors, drives and batteries
o 2 Viable energy storage systems
+ 2.1 Electronic battery
+ 2.2 Battery performance: existing systems
+ 2.3 Status of the aluminium battery
+ 2.4 Advanced fuel-cell control systems
+ 2.5 Waste heat recovery, key element in supercar efficiency
o 3 Electric motor and drive- controller design
+ 3.1 Introduction
+ 3.2 Electric truck motor considerations
+ 3.3 Brushless DC motor design for a small car
+ 3.4 Brushless motor design for a medium car
+ 3.5 Brushless PM motor: design and FE analysis of a 150 kW machine
+ 3.6 High frequency motor characteristics
+ 3.7 Innovative drive scheme for DC series motors
o 4 Process engineering and control of fuel cells, prospects for EV packages
+ 4.1 Introduction
+ 4.2 Reforming and other hydrogen feedstocks
+ 4.3 Characteristics, advantages and status of fuel cells
+ 4.4 Thermodynamics of fuel cells
+ 4.5 Process engineering of fuel cells
+ 4.6 Steps towards the fuel-cell engine
+ 4.7 Prospects for EV package design
+ 4.8 Fuel-cell vehicles and infrastructure
+ 4.9 The PNGV programme: impetus for change
* Part 2 EV DESIGN PACKAGES/DESIGN FOR LIGHT WEIGHT
o 5 Battery/fuel-cell EV design packages
+ 5.1 Introduction
+ 5.2 Electric batteries
+ 5.3 Battery car conversion technology
+ 5.4 EV development history
+ 5.5 Contemporary electric car technology
+ 5.6 Electric van and truck design
+ 5.7 Fuel-cell powered vehicles
o 6 Hybrid vehicle design
+ 6.1 Introduction
+ 6.2 Hybrid-drive prospects
+ 6.3 Hybrid technology case studies
+ 6.4 Series-production hybrid-drive cars
+ 6.5 Hybrid passenger and goods vehicles
o 7 Lightweight construction materials and techniques
+ 7.1 Introduction
+ 7.2 The composite approach
+ 7.3 Plastic mouldings for open canopy shells
+ 7.4 Materials for specialist EV structures
+ 7.5 Ultra-lightweight construction case study
+ 7.6 Weight reduction in metal structures
o 8 Design for optimum body-structural and running- gear performance efficiency
+ 8.1 Introduction
+ 8.2 Structural package and elements
+ 8.3 Punt -type structures
+ 8.4 Optimizing substructures and individual elements
+ 8.5 Designing against fatigue
+ 8.6 Finite-element analysis (FEA)
+ 8.7 Case study of FEA for EVs and structural assemblies
+ 8.8 Running gear design for optimum performance and light weight
+ 8.9 Lightweight vehicle suspension
+ 8.10 Handling and steering
+ 8.11
Traction and braking systems
+ 8.12 Lightweight shafting, CV jointing and road wheels
+ 8.13 Rolling resistance
o Index
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