The future for automotive technology

In eleven chapters this book covers: 1, major trends in automotive technology; 2, automobile development and the influence of legislation; 3, development of the car body and suspension; 4, development of engines and transmissions; 5, electronics in the automobile; 6, alternative materials for the car body and the engine; 7, integrated research vehicles; 8, gas and alcohols as alternative fuels; 9, alternative types of engines; 10, traffic and transportation systems; and 11, some influential factors: energy, ecology, economics and politics. (TRRL)