Hillier's famous series of Motor Vehicle Technology texts have been completely revised and updated.

This is the fourth edition of a textbook which aims to cover the construction of motor vehicles and their components in a manner simple enough to be understood by young apprentices beginning their training as mechanics, and detailed enough to serve as a solid foundation for later work.

Aim is to provide a broad understanding of the many systems and component parts that constitute the vehicle electrical and electronics in a detailed way. The book should also be a valuable source of information and reference. The book provides clear explanation of vehicle electrical and electronic components and systems with unique illustrations, which should be of value both to the students and to the experienced faculty members. Each chapter takes the reader systematically through the details of each component system. Key topics are emphasized and are reinforced by numerous illustrations.

This edition has been updated and undergone a full-colour revision featuring new photos and illustrations to engage those keen to learn the fundamentals of automotive electronics and enhance their understanding of the core concepts whilst keeping the straightforward approach that is much admired in this authoritative manual.

The powertrain is at the heart of vehicle design; the engine – whether it is a conventional, hybrid or electric design – provides the motive power, which is then managed and controlled through the transmission and final drive components. The overall powertrain system therefore defines the dynamic performance and character of the vehicle. The design of the powertrain has conventionally been tackled by analyzing each of the subsystems individually and the individual components, for example, engine, transmission and driveline have received considerable attention in textbooks over the past decades. The key theme of this book is to take a systems approach – to look at the integration of the components so that the whole powertrain system meets the demands of overall energy efficiency and good drivability. Vehicle Powertrain Systems provides a thorough description and analysis of all the powertrain components and then treats them together so that the overall performance of the vehicle can be understood and calculated. The text is well supported by practical problems and worked examples. Extensive use is made of the MATLAB(R) software and many example programmes for vehicle calculations are provided in the text. Key features: Structured approach to explaining the fundamentals of powertrain engineering Integration of powertrain components into overall vehicle design Emphasis on practical vehicle design issues Extensive use of practical problems and worked examples Provision of MATLAB(R) programmes for the reader to use in vehicle performance calculations This comprehensive and integrated analysis of vehicle powertrain engineering provides an invaluable resource for undergraduate and postgraduate automotive engineering students and is a useful reference for practicing engineers in the vehicle industry