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
	Appendix Curiosity Rover on Mars
	Abbreviation
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