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Build Your Own Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle (TAB Green Guru Guides)
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McGraw-Hill Professional
Author: Seth Leitman, £17.99
Poorly written
Review date: 2010-07-08 Rating: 2 out of 10
This book is poorly written, biased and badly researched. There are far better books on the market that present more balanced arguments and accurate technical information. Most of the information in the text comes from the internet. The book was a big disappointment and in my view not useful at any level - avoid.
Build Your Own Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle (TAB Green Guru Guides) Reviews
Basic errors, excessive tree hugging, poorly structured
Review date: 2010-05-08 Rating: 2 out of 10
This book is riddled with basic misunderstandings (e.g. lack of clarity about the distinction between torque and power). One graph for example purports to show the power output of series DC motors but uses a typical torque curve instead, showing power as a maximum at zero r.p.m. This is like finding a book on climate confusing heat and temperature: it undermines any confidence in anything else the author says.
The text was poorly structured both in terms of the flow of the topics and the depth at which they were tackled: you would read a page of general description then turn the page to find a circuit diagram from a Prius.
Finally I found the environmental finger-wagging irritating: I bought the book wanting to understand more about the engineering of hybrids and the environmental bits struck me as both inappropriate and partisan.
Product Details/Specifications
Authors:
Seth Leitman
Recording label: McGraw-Hill Professional
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Professional
EAN: 9780071614733
Binding: Paperback
Dewey decimal number: 629.2293
ISBN: 0071614737
Number of items: 1
Number of pages: 320
Publication date: 2009-07-01
