The continued design and development of the University of California, Davis FutureCar

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Johnston, Brian ^a   McGoldrick, Timothy ^a   Funston, David ^a   Kwan, Harry ^a   Alexander, Mark ^a   Alioto, Frank ^a   Culaud, Nicolas ^a   Lang, Olivier ^a   Mergen, H A ^a   Carlson, Richard ^a   Frank, Andrew ^a   Burke, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBERS; FUELS; HYBRID VEHICLES; HYDRIDES; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; PERMANENT MAGNETS; POWERTRAINS; TRACTION MOTORS; URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

AIRFLOW CHARACTERISTICS; BRUSHLESS PERMANENT MAGNET MOTOR; CARBON FIBER COMPOSITE; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; EQUIVALENT FUEL CONSUMPTION; PARALLEL HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLES; PARTIAL ZERO EMISSION; UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA;

FUEL ECONOMY;

EID: 85072455233     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/980487     Document Type: Conference Paper

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