Implementing electric vehicles, decreasing dependence on conventional fossil fuels, and minimizing the emissions of resulted pollutants from transport applications are considered essential components in terms of sustainability in the electromobility domain. In order to reduce the dependence on fossil fuels and to counteract ......
So, you fancy fancy an E-type but the ones in your price range are basket cases or rough complete cars? Can you realistically restore one of these yourself, or should you walk away because everyone tells you it costs at least fifty thousand to do a decent job? Peter Crespin couldnt justify the inflated cost of E-types in the UK, but found a ......
The increase in air pollution and vehicular emissions has led to the development of the renewable energy-based generation and electrification of transportation. Further, the electrification shift faces an enormous challenge due to limited driving range, long charging time, and high initial cost of deployment. Firstly, there has been a ......
"This book reviews and communicates the state of the art in Electric Vehicle charging technologies, their applications, economic, environmental and social impact and integration with the renewable energy".
The largest supplier of proprietary motorcycle engines in the world, J. A. Prestwich & Co (aka JAP), decided to go racing with something unique in 1922. In a matter of weeks, a small team headed by Val Page, aided by Herbert Le Vack, had produced a radical new design - the first British double-overhead-camshaft motorcycle racing engine.
TODAYS TECHNICIAN: ADVANCED AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS, Second Edition, helps readers understand, diagnose, and repair the sophisticated electronic systems in today’s automobiles. Bridging theory and practice, the text provides an overview of important electronic systems and outlines real-world symptoms, diagnostics, and repair information. ......
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The petrol car transformed our lives, both as a lifestyle object and a means of transport. It created a new economy and changed the design of our cities, but also led to ......
The automobile is the ultimate analogue machine and mankinds most ingenious, seductive and damaging invention. For over a century, cars have provided reference points for our notions of style, status and desire. In design terms, the Age of Combustion was as rich and varied as architectures Baroque and far more popular. And now it is coming to ......
Autonomous Vehicles: Technologies, Regulations, and Societal Impacts explores both the autonomous driving concepts and the key hardware and software enablers, Artificial intelligence tools, needed infrastructure, communication protocols, and interaction with non-autonomous vehicles. It analyses the impacts of autonomous driving using a ......
TODAYS TECHNICIAN: ADVANCED AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS, Second Edition, helps readers understand, diagnose, and repair the sophisticated electronic systems in today’s automobiles. Bridging theory and practice, the text provides an overview of important electronic systems and outlines real-world symptoms, diagnostics, and repair information. ......
TODAYS TECHNICIAN: ADVANCED AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS, Second Edition, helps readers understand, diagnose, and repair the sophisticated electronic systems in today�s automobiles. Bridging theory and practice, the text provides an overview of important electronic systems and outlines real-world symptoms, diagnostics, and repair information. ......
A guide book for every car and motorcycle restorer, both amateur and professional. Designed to save time and money, the guide lists quality parts restoration and services from an engine rebuild to having a key cut. For Veteran, Vintage , Classic, and Custom. A discounted door-to-door courier enables the guide to be used worldwide.
MODERN DIESEL TECHNOLOGY: LIGHT DUTY DIESELS, Second Edition, gives you a thorough introduction to the light-duty diesel engine, the engine of choice to optimize fuel efficiency and longevity in workhorse pickup trucks, refrigeration units, agricultural equipment and generators. While the major emphasis is on highway usage, best-selling author ......
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Would you love to restore your car to as-new condition but dont have the money
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In this "captivating" (New Yorker) and "engaging" (Wall Street Journal) book, historian Dan Albert explores how car culture has suffused Americas DNA. The plain, old-fashioned, human-driven car built our economy, won our wars, and shaped our sense of freedom as it gave us mobility. Has the road now come to an end? Fewer young ......
Public transportation is in crisis. Through an assessment of the history of automobility in North America, the "three revolutions" in automotive transportation, as well as the current work of committed people advocating for a different way forward, James Wilt imagines what public transit should look like in order to be green and equitable. Wilt ......
One of the most trusted test preparation guides in the industry, AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATION TEST PREPARATION MANUAL, 5th Edition, will help to prepare users for the A1-A8 and L1 ASE certification exams. The guide is highly effective in covering need-to-know information to help users pass their exams. Each section starts with a complete ......
Finally, a rebuild and performance guide for GM 6.2 and 6.5L diesel engines!
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, there was considerable pressure on the Detroit automakers to increase the fuel efficiency for their automotive and light-truck lines. While efficient electronic engine controls and computer-controlled gas engine ......
Vehicles are intrinsically linked to our lives. This book covers all technical details of the vehicle electrification process, with focus on power electronics. The main challenge in vehicle electrification consists of replacing the engine-based mechanical, pneumatic, or hydraulic ancillary energy sources with electrical energy processed through ......
Diagnostics: Test dont guess. Learn all the skills you need to pass Level 3 and 4 Vehicle Diagnostics courses from IMI, City & Guilds, and BTEC, as well as ASE, AUR, and other higher-level qualifications. Along with 25 new real-life case studies, this fifth edition of Advanced Automotive Fault Diagnosis includes new content on diagnostic tools ......
There has never before been a book specifically about straight eight automobiles. This is both a surprise and a pity, as this engine format has brought us some fascinating and quite spectacular vehicles over the years. In Britain and Europe the straight eight was always a rare, expensive up-market car. In the United States there were also many ......
James Hetfield, Metallicas front man, opens up his garage for an exclusive tour of the highlights of his incredible collection of restored and customized classic cars.
Millions know James Hetfield as the front man of Metallica, but the acclaimed singer-songwriter has enjoyed another lifelong passion: restoring and customizing classic ......
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