Hybrid Electric Vehicles, 2nd Edition

Preface To the Second Edition

Although the first edition of this book was very well received by individuals, academic institutions, and others, the authors felt and the publisher also agreed that it would enrich the book and help the readership if we revised some of the materials in the first edition and also added some new items due to the introduction of new technologies in the vehicle electrification technology which has taken place over the past few years. With that in mind, the authors pursued the following activities.

In Chapters 1–11, we revised certain things overall, which included correcting a few relatively minor errors which we noticed. Chapter 6 has been significantly updated with important materials on off‐road vehicles, with emphasis on excavators, which are relatively more complex in terms of architecture. Chapter 8 has also been updated to some extent. Chapter 11 on energy storage has been completely reorganized and rewritten to make it more application oriented. Chapter 12 in this edition is a new chapter, with focus on battery modeling. Chapter 13 is also a new chapter, related to battery charger design, which is an important issue in EV and PHEV. Chapters 12 and 13 from first edition have now become chapters 14 and 15, with minor changes incorporated. Chapter 16 is a completely new addition, related to wireless charging. Since wireless power transfer is a new technology and is under serious consideration in the automotive industry for charging of EV and ...