Chapter 10 (chapter 9 of the first edition) is extended by presenting EPA and UN newly required test drive schedules and test procedures for hybrid electric mileage calculation for window sticker considerations.
In addition to the above major changes in this second edition, adaptive charging sustaining point determination method is presented to have a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle with optimum performance.
Dr. Wei (Kevin) Liu is an Engineering Specialist in the Electric Power & Advanced Systems Department of General Motors with expertise in dynamic system design, performance analysis, modeling and control. He has 14 years of hybrid electric vehicle engineering experience and 15 years of academic experience. Dr. Liu's primary technical interests are dynamic system control, modeling, performance analysis and fault diagnosis. He currently focuses on the energy management strategy, energy storage system modeling and control algorithm development of hybrid vehicle systems at General Motors. He has authored over 30 technical papers and holds eight patents.