Automotive - Heavy

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Automotive sustainability

• Electric and Hybrid Vehicles : Power Sources, Models, Sustainability, Infrastructure and the Market
• Two Billion Cars : Driving Toward Sustainability
• Environmental and economic prospects of biomaterials in the automotive industry (journal article)
• Alternative fuel technologies emissions for road heavy-duty trucks: a review (journal article)
• Environmental pollution due to road vehicles, Alternative solutions

Braking systems

• Fundamentals of heavy mobile equipment
• Analysis of the wear process of the elements in the braking of heavy duty trucks  (journal article)
• Friction heat energy recovery system based on hydraulic brake system by wire of heavy vehicle
• Road and off road vehicle dynamics

 Circuits

• Electric Circuits: A Primer
• Understandable Electric Circuits : Key Concepts
• Basic Electronic Circuits : Problems and Solutions
• Lessons in electric circuits
• Grob's basic electronics
• Electric Circuits (streamed video)

Heavy vehicles

• Autonomous and Connected Heavy Vehicle Technology
• Light and Heavy Vehicle Technology
• Heavy-Duty Electric Vehicles : From Concept to Reality

Hydraulic systems

• Heavy duty truck systems
• Hydraulics the fundamentals of service and theory of operation for hydraulic systems in off-road vehicles, trucks and automobiles
• Hydraulic systems for trucks, trailers (journal article)

Trailers

• Truck and trailer systems
• Truck and trailer systems lab manual
• Automobile Body & Trailer Manufacturing Industry Report (Jan.2023)
• Operating Characteristics of a Timber Trailer with a Hybrid Drive (journal article)
• Truck beds: how to install, restore & modify

Workplace Health & Safety

• Autonomous Ground Vehicles
• Asbestos awareness (streamed video)
• Safety essentials (streamed video)
• Understanding safety awareness (streamed video)
• Electrical safety (streamed video)