Starting with some historic background on electric & hybrid vehicles, the author describes the system components, the laws of physics governing vehicle motion, the mathematical relationships within & between the components, energy sources, & designing components to meet the complete vehicle specifications. ...

Fred Sokolow shows you how to play lead & backup like a modern blues guitarist, starting at the beginning with first-position key-of-E blues licks & moving on to moveable scale patterns & solo licks, moveable chords & chord-based licks for backup, melodies, chord backup & improvised solos on blues classics Stormy Monday, Every Day I Have the Blues, Killing Floor & Baby Please Don't Go, intros & endings, basic theory behind the 12-bar blues structure, boogie bass lines, vibrato, note-bending & more. ...

At the centre of the novel is the crumbling seastack of the Old Man of Hoy & the consuming relationship between a young artist, Kim, coldly passionate, talented, secretive, & Jimmy, a North Sea roughneck, engineer & climber. It deals with the possibility of friendship between men & women. ...

Whereas hybrids are supposed to fill a gap between ICEs & Electrics, they have provided a way to perpetuate the profits that the auto manufacturers make from spare parts in the life of a vehicle. This book offers a testament to BEVs versus Hybrids. ...

1980s US comedy about the unlikely friendship between a man & his computer. When architect Miles (Lenny von Dohlen) spills wine all over his brand new state-of-the-art computer, the last thing he expects is for the computer to start expressing thoughts & feelings. But Edgar (voice of Bud Cort), as the computer now calls itself, is eager to learn all about real life. However, the friendship between man & machine is soon challenged when a pretty cello player (Virginia Madsen) moves in next door & Miles & Edgar find themselves competing for her affections. The film's title song ' Together in Electric Dreams' became a massive hit for composer Giorgio Moroder & singer Phil Oakey. ...

This analysis looks at the relationship between people, designers & electronic products. It speculates how in the future mobile phones, PCs, music systems & television may merge into one all-purpose tool, blending into the fabric of our homes & offices. ...

Focuses on the selection & application of electrical drives & control systems for electromechanical & mechatronics applications. This title explains the criteria for motor-drive selection, introducing the main types of drives available to drive machine tools & robots. It also provides a review of control systems & their application. ...