Learning Situation One A Brief History
Section 1．1 Early days
Section 1．2 Developments Towards the End of the 20th Century

Learning Situation Two Electric Vehicle in Use Today
Section 2．1 Battery electric vehicles
Section 2．2 The IC engine/electric hybrid vehicle
Section 2．3 Fuelled electric vehicles

Learning Situation Three Batteries
Section 3．1 Cell and battery voltages
Section 3．2 Charge (or Amphour) capacity
Section 3．3 Energy stored
Section 3．4 Specific energy and Energy density
Section 3．5 Specific power
Section 3．6 Amphour (or charge) efficiency and Energy efficiency
Section 3．7 Self-discharge rates
Section 3．8 Battery geometry
Section 3．9 Lead Acid Batteries
Section 3．10 Battery life and maintenance

Learning Situation Four Electric Machines and their Controllers
Section 4．1 The 'Brushed' DC Electric Motor
4．1．1 Operation of the basic DC motor
4．1．2 Torque speed characteristics
4．1．3 Controlling the brushed DC motor
4．1．4 Providing the magnetic field for DC motors
4．1．5 DC motor efficiency
4．1．6 Motor losses and motor size
4．1．7 Electric motors as brakes
Section 4．2 DC Regulation and Voltage Conversion
4．2．1 Switching devices
4．2．2 Step - down or ‘buck’ regulators
4．2．3 Step - up or ‘boost’switching regulator
4．2．4 Single - phase inverters
4．2．5 Three - phase
Section 4．3 Brushless Electric Motors
4．3．1 Introduction
4．3．2 The brushless DC motor
4．3．3 Switched reluctance motors
4．3．4 The induction motor
Section 4．4 Motor Cooling， Efficiency， Size and Mass
4．4．1 Improving motor efficiency
4．4．2 Motor mass
Section 4．5 Electrical Machines for Hybrid Vehicles

Learning Situation Five Electric Vehicles and the Environment
Section 5．1 Vehicle pollution ： the Effects
Section 5．2 Vehicle pollution ： a Quantitative Analysis
Section 5．3 Vehicle Pollution in Context
Section 5．4 Alternative and Sustainable Energy Used via the Grid
5．4．1 Solar energy
5．4．2 Wind energy
5．4．3 Hydro energy
5．4．4 Tidal energy
5．4．5 Biomass energy
Section 5．5 Using Sustainable Energy with Fuelled Vehicles
Section 5．6 The Role of Regulations and Law Makers

Learning Situation Six Safety Considerations
Section 6．1 Electric system safety
Section 6．2 Maintenance Safety

Learning Situation Seven Case Study
Section 7．1 Rechargeable Battery Vehicles
7．1．1 Tesla Model S
7．1．2 Nissan Leaf
Section 7．2 Hybrid Vehicles
7．2．1 Honda Insight
7．2．2 Toyota Prius
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