In addition, the new edition explains new electronically controlled vehicle motion control systems including advanced suspension, electronically controlled electric power steering, 4-wheel steering and electronically controlled electric brakes. The braking systems are part of an integrated motion control system that couples ABS brakes; traction control and variable vehicle dynamics for enhanced stability are also described. The development of hybrid/electric vehicles and their associated electronic control/monitoring systems as well as the new technologies incorporated into conventional gasoline and diesel-fueled engines are also discussed. It is an extensive revision of a popular text and covers the shift from 14-volt to 42-volt systems. It includes information on future automotive electronic systems.
- ISBN10 0750675993
- ISBN13 9780750675994
- Publish Date 23 December 2002 (first published 14 August 1998)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 17 January 2013
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Imprint Newnes (an imprint of Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd )
- Edition 6th Revised edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 482
- Language English