ELECTRIC AND HYBRID VEHICLES

The publication presents a number of papers which examine developments in the field of electric vehicle technology, and includes the following: Electric and Hybrid Vehicles: An Introduction (Lafferty, JM); What Technology will Solve the Mobility Problems of the Year 2000 and What Steps Must be Taken Today? (Seiffert, U, Heitland, H, Kalberlah, A and Heinzel, G); The Technical and Economic Effectiveness of Electric Vehicles (Brusaglino, G); Social and Environmental Impacts of Electric and Hybrid Vehicles (Hamilton, WF, Morecraft, LM and Carriere, WM); Computer-Aided Design of Electric and Hybrid Vehicles (Wilson, JWA and Turnbull, FG); Regeneration Potential of Electric Vehicles (Kuzak, DM, Patil, PB and Bates, B); Rebirth of the Lead-Acid Battery--Meeting the Electirc Vehicle Challenges of the 1980s (Mrotek, EN and Gurlusky, PJ); A Generic Battery Model for Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Simulation Performance Prediction (Chapman, P and Aston, M); A Systems Approach to the Aerodynamic Design of Electric and Hybrid Vehicles (Kurtz, DW); The Daihatsu Charade' Electric Vehicle (Honda, S); A Hybrid Electric Bus (Brusaglino, G). (TRRL)

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  Inderscience Enterprises Limited

  La Motte Chambers
  St Helier, Jersey,   England 
• Authors:
  • Lafferty, J M
  • Seiffert, U
  • Heitland, H
  • KALBERLAH, A
  • HEINZEL, G
  • Hamilton, W F
  • Morecraft, L M
  • Carriere, W M
  • Burke, A F
  • Somuah, C B
  • Wilson, JWA
  • Turnbull, F G
  • Kuzak, D M
  • PATIL, P B
  • Bates, B
  • Mrotek, E N
  • Gurlusky, P J
  • Chapman, P
  • ASTON, M
  • KURTZ, D W
  • Honda, S
  • Brusaglino, G
• Publication Date: 1982

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 176 p.
• Serial:
  • International Journal of Vehicle Design
  • Publisher: Inderscience Enterprises Limited
  • ISSN: 1477-5360
  • Serial URL: http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=IJVD

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aerodynamics; Computer aided design; Cost effectiveness; Electric buses; Electric vehicles; Environmental impacts; Hybrid vehicles; Lead acid batteries; Refuse; Simulation; Trend (Statistics); Vehicle design; Vehicle performance
• ITRD Terms: 5492: Aerodynamics; 1315: Battery; 1272: Bus; 1243: Car; 1234: Delivery vehicle; 9011: Design (overall design); 9013: Development; 5911: Efficiency; 1282: Electric vehicle; 9112: Impact study; 3873: Propulsion; 9103: Simulation; 2253: Sociology; 8588: State of the art report; 3855: Technology; 8526: Textbook
• Subject Areas: Design; Energy; Environment; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00369413
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-907776-02-7
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1983 12:00AM