Energy Efficient Vehicles

Technologies and Challenges

Varun Pratap Singh,Ashwani Kumar,Chandan Swaroop Meena,Gaurav Dwivedi

• Editorial: CRC Press
• Año: 2024
• ISBN:
  9781040009116
• Edición: 1
• Categoría: Technik & Maschinenbau
• Categoría: Maschinen- und Anlagebau

The text discusses energy-efficient vehicles as an essential element of sustainable transportation. The text highlights the social, economic, and environmental benefits associated with energy-efficient automobiles, which effectively solve the issue of greenhouse gas emissions, improve air quality, boost energy security, and promote zero-emission. The energy-efficient technologies for transportation, accessibility and safety of the transport system, environmental footprint, health impact, economic development, and social growth are the central theme of the book. It further presents future integrated mobility-energy systems and sustainability indicators.

This book:

• Examines policies, challenges, and the latest developments in the field of sustainable mobility.
• Discusses the latest advances in the field of energy storage systems, batteries, image processing, obstacle identification, and automatic gear trains.
• Highlights the safety, security, and risk management related to sustainable transportation, covering zero emissions and sustainability indicators.
• Presents electric vehicle grid integration and infrastructure for e-vehicle charging.
• Aims to provide an overview of various aspects of EV, HEV, ITS, and vehicular network deployment design, encompassing the technological advancements, challenges, and opportunities associated with this rapidly evolving field.
• Understanding the transportation needs and preferences of youth populations in shaping transportation policy and promoting sustainable urban development to design transportation systems that are efficient, equitable, and environmentally sustainable.
• Synergize exploration related to the various properties and functionalities through extensive theoretical and numerical modeling present in the energy sector.

This book is primarily written for senior undergraduate, graduate students, and academic researchers in fields including mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, automotive engineering, manufacturing engineering, and environmental engineering.

Índice

• Cover
• Half Title
• Series
• Title
• Copyright
• Table of Contents
• Aim and Scope
• Preface
• Acknowledgement
• List of Contributing Authors
• About the Editors
• 1 Introduction to Energy-Efficient Vehicles for Sustainable Transportation: Transitions and Challenges
• 2 Zero Emission: Challenges and Modern Solutions
• 3 Youth and Public Transportation: Economics, Sustainability, and Shifting Trends Towards E-Transportation
• 4 Accessible Sustainable Smart Charging Infrastructure Planning for Cities
• 5 Sustainable Transportation: Policy, Planning, and Implementation
• 6 Transitions from IC engine to EV and HEV
• 7 Efficient Design, Materials and Specifications of Electric Motors Used in Electric Vehicle Challenges
• 8 Lithium-Ion Battery for Electric Transportation: Types, Components, Pack Design, and Technology
• 9 Intelligent Transport System in Smart Cities: Aspects and Challenges of Vehicular Networks and Cloud Computing
• 10 The Rise of Electric Vehicles–2023 Status and Future Directions
• 11 Techno-Economic and Future Aspects of the HEV-EV-FCV: Decarbonization, Digitalization, and Sustainability
• 12 Modern Electric, Hybrid Electric Vehicles, and Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles
• 13 Application of Solar Energy in Sustainable Mobility
• 14 State Estimation of Lithium-ion Battery for Electric Vehicle Application: Types, Design Methods, and Future Trends
• 15 Social, Economic, and Environmental Issues Associated with Sustainable Transportation
• 16 Separation of Ternary Azeotropic Mixture of Ethanol, Isopropanol, and Methyl Ethyl Ketone – Challenges for Future Fuels and Solvents
• Index