MECH 459

Fundamentals of Hybrid Vehicles

Units: 1.5, Hours: 3-0-1

Advance of hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) technology; power plants, electric propulsion systems, transmissions, and onboard energy storage systems; fuel cell vehicles; vehicle performance modelling and simulation using advanced vehicle powertrain modelling tools; design and optimization of HEV powertrain system; and HEV design case studies.

Note: Credit will be granted for only one of 459, 450E if taken in the same topic.

Undergraduate course in Mechanical Engineering offered by the Department of Mechanical Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering.