Electric Powertrain

Energy Systems, Power Electronics and Drives for Hybrid, Electric and Fuel Cell Vehicles

John G. Hayes, G. Abas Goodarzi

• Publisher: Wiley
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN: 9781119063643
• eBook ISBN: 9781119063674
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications
• Index: Technology & Engineering

The why, what and how of the electric vehicle powertrain

Empowers engineering professionals and students with the knowledge and skills required to engineer electric vehicle powertrain architectures, energy storage systems, power electronics converters and electric drives.

The modern electric powertrain is relatively new for the automotive industry, and engineers are challenged with designing affordable, efficient and high-performance electric powertrains as the industry undergoes a technological evolution. Co-authored by two electric vehicle (EV) engineers with decades of experience designing and putting into production all of the powertrain technologies presented, this book provides readers with the hands-on knowledge, skills and expertise they need to rise to that challenge.

This four-part practical guide provides a comprehensive review of battery, hybrid and fuel cell EV systems and the associated energy sources, power electronics, machines, and drives.

• Introduces and holistically integrates the key EV powertrain technologies.
• Provides a comprehensive overview of existing and emerging automotive solutions.
• Provides experience-based expertise for vehicular and powertrain system and sub-system level study, design, and optimization.
• Presents many examples of powertrain technologies from leading manufacturers.
• Discusses the dc traction machines of the Mars rovers, the ultimate EVs from NASA.
• Investigates the environmental motivating factors and impacts of electromobility.
• Presents a structured university teaching stream from introductory undergraduate to postgraduate.
• Includes real-world problems and assignments of use to design engineers, researchers, and students alike.
• Features a companion website with numerous references, problems, solutions, and practical assignments.
• Includes introductory material throughout the book for the general scientific reader.
• Contains essential reading for government regulators and policy makers.

Electric Powertrain: Energy Systems, Power Electronics and Drives for Hybrid, Electric and Fuel Cell Vehicles is an important professional resource for practitioners and researchers in the battery, hybrid, and fuel cell EV transportation industry. The resource is a structured, holistic textbook for the teaching of the fundamental theories and applications of energy sources, power electronics, and electric machines and drives to engineering undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Part 1
Vehicles and Energy Sources

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Electromobility and the Environment

“My first customer was a lunatic. My second had a death wish.” Karl Friedrich Benz (1844–1929) is generally credited with pioneering the modern vehicle.

“Practically no one had the remotest notion of the future of the internal‐combustion engine, while we were just on the edge of the great electrical development. As with every comparatively new idea, electricity was expected to do much more than we even now have any indication that it can do. I did not see the use of experimenting with electricity for my purposes. A road car could not run on a trolley even if trolley wires had been less expensive; no storage battery was in sight of a weight that was practical … That is not to say that I held or now hold electricity cheaply; we have not yet begun to use electricity. But it has its place, and the internal‐combustion engine has its place. Neither can substitute for the other – which is exceedingly fortunate.” Henry Ford in 1923, reflecting on 1899.

“Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black.” Henry Ford (1863–1947) was influenced by slaughterhouse practices when he developed his assembly line for the mass production of the automobile.

“The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress.” Charles Kettering (1876–1958) invented the electric starter and effectively killed the electric car of that era.

“The spread of civilization may be likened to a fire: first, a feeble spark, next a flickering flame, then a mighty blaze, ever increasing in speed and power.” Nikola Tesla (1856–1943).

“Dum spiro, spero.” (Latin for “As long as I breathe, I hope.”) Marcus Cicero (106–43 BC). A noble aspiration from ancient times … but what if we can’t breathe the air?

“It was during that period that I made public my findings on the nature of the eye‐irritating, plant‐damaging smog. I attributed it to the petrochemical oxidation of organic materials originating with the petroleum industry and automobiles.” Aries Jan Haagen‐Smit (1900–1977), a pioneer of air‐quality control, reflecting in 1970 on his pioneering work from 1952 to explain the Los Angeles smog.

“Tesla’s mission is to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy.” The 2016 mission statement of Tesla, Inc.

In this chapter, the reader is introduced to the factors motivating the development o...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Textbook Structure and Suggested Teaching Curriculum
• About the Companion Web Site
• Part 1: Vehicles and Energy Sources
• Part 2: Electrical Machines
• Part 3: Power Electronics
• Part 4: Electromagnetism
• Index
• End User License Agreement