Kinematic Study of the GM Front-Wheel Drive Two-Mode Transmission and the Toyota Hybrid System THS-II Transmission

SAE International Journal of Engines

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1020-1034

  Meisel, Jerome ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLES; CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION; GENERAL MOTORS; HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE; IC ENGINES; MODES OF OPERATION; PLANETARY GEARS; VEHICLE VELOCITY;

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; CLUTCHES; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; FRONT WHEEL DRIVE AUTOMOBILES; HYBRID COMPUTERS; HYBRID POWERTRAINS; HYBRID SYSTEMS; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; VELOCITY CONTROL; WHEELS;

VEHICLE TRANSMISSIONS;

EID: 79959573520     PISSN: 19463936     EISSN: 19463944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2011-01-0876     Document Type: Article

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