Where can i get a good book on electric cars?

[Leopold Infeld]

Where can i get a good book on electric cars??

Does anyone knows a good book dedicated to electric cars?

I mean, not a rigorous textbook nor a colourful brochure...

Thanks guys

 

[Cliff_J]

I've seen a few on Amazon, you can preview what's inside them for at least 10-20 pages. A local Borders or B&N would be logical too.

The big problem is the audience and the pace of technology. A book would have to be written in layman's language and leave out the complexities of battery usage or motor controllers. And a book written just a few years ago would likely dismiss LiOn or even NiMH as being too expensive (granted they are still not competitive with lead-acid) and sources to procure the equipment change wildly.

The scarcity of hybrid cars (lots of models, low production numbers though) today and the removal of the only mass-produced electric car (EV1 from GM) says a lot about the viability of the technologies on a large scale. And if you just look at the raw energy cost, electricity is more expensive than gasoline, so the efficiency is really important from a value standpoint.

 

[Leopold Infeld]

I found this book called

""The Electric Car: Development and Future of Battery, Hybrid and Fuel-Cell Cars (Iee Power & Energy Series, 38) (Hardcover)""

on amazon, anyone think its any good?