For courses in automotive fuel and emissions; engine performance; hybrid electric vehicles; automotive technology; alternative fuel systems; and emerging technologies.
This fully updated text brings covers all topics needed to teach a modern service technician’s course on hybrid electric vehicles. It combines all essential background information, as well as up-to-date vehicle specific information on the latest makes. Now in full color throughout, this edition offers over 140 new color line drawings and photographs. It adds new coverage of the Chevrolet Volt, Tesla, and Nissan Leaf; the Buick LaCrosse mild hybrid; two-mode operation and transmission operation; high-voltage and auxiliary battery locations; the SAE J1772 electric vehicle plug; Level 1, 2 and 3 charging stations; and the latest alternative fuels. It also covers both engine performance (ASE A8 content) and advanced engine performance (ASE L1 content), enabling instructors to teach both ASE areas without requiring separate texts.
1. Carbon-Based Fuels and the Environment
2. Introduction to Hybrid Vehicles
3. Internal Combustion Engine Systems
4. Gasoline
5. Alternative Fuels
6. Diesel and Biodiesel Fuels
7 . Hybrid Batteries and Battery Service
8. Electric Motors, Generators, and Controls
9. Regenerative Braking System
10. Hybrid Vehicle Transmissions and Transaxles
11. Hybrid Vehicle Heating and Air Conditioning
12. Honda Hybrid Vehicles
13. Toyota/Lexus Hybrid Vehicles
14. Ford/Mercury Hybrid Vehicles
15. General Motors Hybrid Vehicles
16. Fuel Cells and Advanced Technologies
17. Hybrid Safety and Service Procedures
18. First Responder Procedures
Now in full color for greater reader engagement; updated throughout to reflect the latest hybrid and alternative fuel vehicles, standards, infrastructure, and fuels.
New! Full color throughout—with a brand-new design and 140+ new color line drawings and photos
- Promotes engagement and easier learning, making it easier for students to see how hybrid and alternative fuel vehicles work, and how their parts and circuits connect.
Improved! More concise writing—with more bulleted and numbered lists and easier-to-follow first-and-second-level headings
- Makes it easier for instructors and students to grasp each chapter’s structure and scope, and master the concepts they are reading
New! Many new sidebars throughout—including Tech Tips, Real-World Fixes, and Frequently Asked Questions
- Helps students recognize the importance of the technical information they are reading, and link it to their workplace experience
Updated! Completely rewritten and updated coverage of Hybrid Engine Systems—including updated and expanded information on wide-band oxygen sensors, returnless fuel injection, electronic throttle control and variable valve timing systems
- Prepares students to work with the latest hybrid engine systems
Updated! Revamped (and renamed) chapter on Hybrid Auxiliary and High-Voltage Batteries—now clearer, more concise, and easier to read
- Makes it easier for students to master crucial battery-related content and techniques
Expanded! Hybrid Vehicle Transmission and Transaxles chapter—now includes the latest innovations in two-mode transmission
- Introduces students to the latest approaches to two-mode transmission
Updated and Expanded! Completely rewritten chapter on GM Hybrid Vehicles—including details on the new Buick Lacrosse “mild hybrid,” Chevrolet Malibu eASSIST BAS system, and the Chevrolet VOLT extended range electric vehicle
- Introduces students to each of GM’s increasingly popular hybrid and alternative fuel models
Updated and Expanded! Extensively revised chapter on Fuel Cells and Advanced Technologies—including new coverage of the three levels of charging voltages used to recharge plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEVs) and electric vehicles (EVs)
- Prepares students to work with the latest fuel cell technologies, standards, and options
&>For courses in automotive fuel and emissions; engine performance; hybrid electric vehicles; automotive technology; alternative fuel systems; and emerging technologies.
This fully updated text brings covers all topics needed to teach a modern service technician’s course on hybrid electric vehicles. It combines all essential background information, as well as up-to-date vehicle specific information on the latest makes. Now in full color throughout, this edition offers over 140 new color line drawings and photographs. It adds new coverage of the Chevrolet Volt, Tesla, and Nissan Leaf; the Buick LaCrosse mild hybrid; two-mode operation and transmission operation; high-voltage and auxiliary battery locations; the SAE J1772 electric vehicle plug; Level 1, 2 and 3 charging stations; and the latest alternative fuels. It also covers both engine performance (ASE A8 content) and advanced engine performance (ASE L1 content), enabling instructors to teach both ASE areas without requiring separate texts.
Hallmark Features
Brings together everything service technicians need to know about modern hybrid and alternative fuel vehicles in a single text. Brings together comprehensive, well-organized, and up-to-date coverage of the latest technologies, models, alternative fuels, and all aspects of engine performance.
Makes it easier for students to master each key concept. Combines an attractive new full-color design with proven pedagogical features, including concise chapter objectives; key terms linked to page numbers where they are first used; summaries; review questions; chapter quizzes; and extensive use of bulleted and numbered lists. Most major topics follow a consistent and proven format: first, Purpose and Function; next, Parts and Operation; and finally, Diagnosis and Service.
Links concepts and technologies to the realities of working as a service technician. Includes boxed features presenting practical Tech Tips, Frequently Asked Questions, Real World Fixes, and Safety Tips.
Accessible to students in virtually any automotive service technician’s program. Written clearly and concisely to simplify reading and promote understanding without compromising technical content.
Gives students a practical diagnostic approach to troubleshooting and fixing hybrid or alternative fuel vehicles. Presents a practical and diagnostic approach to everyday automotive service as it relates to the latest hybrids and alternative fuel vehicles.