Kristina Lawyer: Automotive Innovation, Gebunden

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Automotive Innovation , Second Edition, delivers a comprehensive survey of the evolving automotive landscape, spotlighting the groundbreaking innovations and transformative technologies reshaping the industry.

New to this edition are chapters featuring the latest advances in transmission systems, hybridization, and battery technology. This book provides a comprehensive exploration of automotive innovation, beginning with an examination of combustion-based vehicle technology that establishes essential context for understanding today's automotive landscape. It then explores electrified drivetrains, the rapidly advancing propulsion systems transforming the industry and defining its future. The book also covers cutting-edge innovations in chassis and body design that enhance performance, safety, and efficiency, before introducing the sensor and navigation technologies powering advanced driver assistance systems and autonomous vehicle capabilities. Together, these topics offer readers a complete foundation in the technologies reshaping how we drive, further enhanced by the inclusion of case studies and review questions throughout.

An invaluable text for students of automotive engineering and technology who are seeking orientation to the field. It will equally benefit seasoned automotive technicians navigating a rapidly evolving industry, newly qualified mechanics requiring comprehensive insight into the future of automobiles, and automotive enthusiasts eager to understand how recent technological breakthroughs are realized.

A solutions manual is available for qualified textbook adoption at www. routledge. com / 9781032955902.