Preface

Due to pollution, greenhouse gases, and the depletion of fossil fuel resources, electric vehi‐ cles (EVs) are increasingly used because they use electricity as an energy source. EVs are divided into three categories: the pure EV, the hybrid EV, and the fuel cell EV. Although these three types of electric vehicle have different system configuration, one (or more) motor drive system is always needed to convert electrical power into mechanical ones. Among the drive systems used for EV, induction motor system and permanent magnet motor system are mostly used for their high power density and high efficiency.

Nowadays, industry and academic research seek to overcome the obstacles that block the widespread use of electric vehicles, such as life, energy density, power density, and weight and cost of batteries. For this, there is a great demand for knowledge to model and optimize electric vehicles.

This book consists of seven chapters written by leading researchers and professionals from industry and academia. It presents interesting topics from the area of modeling and simula‐ tion of electric vehicles.

Chapter 1 explains all the necessary steps to create a model of electric vehicle and run it in IPG Car Maker simulator.

Chapter 2 discusses the importance and functionality of power electronics and module in HEV/EV power train system and summarized the performance requirements by automotive industry.

Chapter 3 presents the importance to study the magnetic field when designing electric vehi‐ cles and their components.

Chapter 4 proves the advantage of using magnetic gears (MGs) for transportation applica‐ tions. It presents a state-of-the-art on the available MGs, with fixed or variable transmission ratio, pointing out their applicability.

Chapter 5 analyses the switched reluctance drives for traction applications and focusing on their capability to operate in degraded mode.

Chapter 6 discusses the enhanced utilization of EVs and their used batteries to participate in ancillary service to support the electricity, especially in a small-scale EMS.

Chapter 7 outlines the means of electrical vehicle to smart grid interactions and how attain‐ ing a synergistic relationship is vital for improving the way power is distributed.

This book will be useful for students of Electrical Engineering; it will help them solve practi‐ cal problems.

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Finally, I thank everyone who has contributed to this book. All the results of your work will be useful for a lot of readers.
