Includes biblliographical references and index.

The Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle PHEV : Differences with the Battery Electric Vehicle EV / Andrew A. Frank, CTO Efficient Drivetrains Inc., CA, USA -- Design Considerations for Vehicle Electronic Control Systems : Technical and Commercial Aspects / Alexander Hanzlik and Erwin Kristen, Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria -- Electric Vehicles : From Product to Service / Adi Wolfson, Dorith Tavor and Shlomo Mark, Green Processes Center, Sami Shamoon College of Engineering, Bialik/Basel Sts. Beer Sheva, Israel, and others -- How Driver Choices Influence Charging Infrastructure Effectiveness in the United States / Scott Peterson, Carnegie Electricity Industry Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA -- Variation in Charging of Privately-Held PEVs : Implications for Analysis, Markets, and Policy / Jamie Davies and Kenneth S. Kurani, Plug-in Hybrid & Electric Vehicle Research Center, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis, CA, USA -- Analysis Of Large Scale Adoption of Electrical Vehicles with Wind Integration in Nord-Trøndelag / Åshild Vatne, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway -- Simulation of Electric Vehicles Motion Using a Stochastic Model : Assessment of Energy Requirements and Environmental Impacts / F.J. Soares, P.M. Rocha Almeida and J.A. Peças Lopes, INESC TEC-INESC Technology and Science, Portugal -- Environmental Rating and Classification of Electric Vehicles / Carla Silva, Teresa Batista, Alexandre Lucas, Sara Marques, IDMEC, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal -- Real-World Activity, Energy Use, and Emissions of a Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle / H. Christopher Frey and Brandon M. Graver, North Carolina State University, NC, USA -- Real-Life Comparison between Diesel and Electric Car Energy Consumption / J. Martins, F.P. Brito, D. Pedrosa, V. Monteiro and João L. Afonso, Dpt. Mechanical Eng., University of Minho, Portugal, and others -- On-Road Monitoring of Electric Bicycles and its Use in Bike-Sharing Systems / Patrícia Baptista, IDMEC-Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.