Understanding Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Service and Technology
Description:... This Hybrid and Electric Vehicle book, now in its 10th version, is written by Craig Van Batenburg, who for 25 years was repairing vehicles at his independent repair shop adding HEVs in 2000. Today the 2013 edition is packed with chapters on every hybrid and electric vehicle sold in North America along with popular European models. EVs are included along with charts on HV battery location, battery voltage levels, service plug locations, service mode, and much more. An air conditioning section has been added, as well as a section on home chargers for electric cars. Designed as a technician’s time saver, only ACDC has this knowledge consolidated in one place for all models. The beginning of the book explains, in simple technician language, what makes a hybrid different from a conventional car. Safety is covered in great detail. Even “Do-It-Yourselfers” will find this book very helpful as it keeps them busy on their HEV, but leaves for the professional, the work that is safer or too technical for the average DIY. The book has more than 330-pages and is bound to lie flat on a workbench for easy reading. This book does NOT take the place of service information, like a shop manual or Internet OEM information. What it does, is make the service information understandable by using common 12-volt language and a glossary so that well-trained 12-volt technicians can make the transition to high-voltage quickly, and with less confusion. ACDC is proud of this publication and ships worldwide.
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