Mike Westbrook was manager of technological research with Ford Motor Company at Dunton, Essex, and has now retired after 33 years in the automotive industry. He has also been Visiting Professor at Southampton University, Chairman of the IEE Computing and Control Division (1983-4), Vice-President of the Institute of Physics (1992-6) and IEE Faraday Lecturer (1987-8). He has been author or co-author of 29 technical papers and a book Automotive Sensors (IOP 1994), as well as lecturing extensively in the UK and USA.

• Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: The history of electric cars up to 1990Chapter 3: Propulsion methodsChapter 4: Controls and power electronicsChapter 5: Energy sources 1 - Storage batteriesChapter 6: Energy sources 2 - Other technologiesChapter 7: ChargingChapter 8: Vehicle design and safetyChapter 9: Battery electric carsChapter 10: Hybrid electric carsChapter 11: Fuel-cell electric carsChapter 12: Economics of electric carsChapter 13: Future developments

Mike Westbrook was manager of technological research with Ford Motor Company at Dunton, Essex, and has now retired after 33 years in the automotive industry. He has also been Visiting Professor at Southampton University, Chairman of the IEE Computing and Control Division (1983-4), Vice-President of the Institute of Physics (1992-6) and IEE Faraday Lecturer (1987-8). He has been author or co-author of 29 technical papers and a book Automotive Sensors (IOP 1994), as well as lecturing extensively in the UK and USA.

• Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: The history of electric cars up to 1990Chapter 3: Propulsion methodsChapter 4: Controls and power electronicsChapter 5: Energy sources 1 - Storage batteriesChapter 6: Energy sources 2 - Other technologiesChapter 7: ChargingChapter 8: Vehicle design and safetyChapter 9: Battery electric carsChapter 10: Hybrid electric carsChapter 11: Fuel-cell electric carsChapter 12: Economics of electric carsChapter 13: Future developments

Mike Westbrook was manager of technological research with Ford Motor Company at Dunton, Essex, and has now retired after 33 years in the automotive industry. He has also been Visiting Professor at Southampton University, Chairman of the IEE Computing and Control Division (1983-4), Vice-President of the Institute of Physics (1992-6) and IEE Faraday Lecturer (1987-8). He has been author or co-author of 29 technical papers and a book Automotive Sensors (IOP 1994), as well as lecturing extensively in the UK and USA.

• Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: The history of electric cars up to 1990Chapter 3: Propulsion methodsChapter 4: Controls and power electronicsChapter 5: Energy sources 1 - Storage batteriesChapter 6: Energy sources 2 - Other technologiesChapter 7: ChargingChapter 8: Vehicle design and safetyChapter 9: Battery electric carsChapter 10: Hybrid electric carsChapter 11: Fuel-cell electric carsChapter 12: Economics of electric carsChapter 13: Future developments