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This book includes papers describing new components for power control and motive power, battery modeling techniques, and global opportunities and risks. Contents include: advanced heat engines for range extender hybrid vehicles; on-off engine operation for hybrid/electric vehicles; hybrid vehicle gas turbines; can hybrid vehicles reduce the pollutant emission in urban environments; battery modeling for electric vehicle applications using neural networks; improved electric vehicle performance with pulsed power capacitors; global opportunities and risks for electric and hybrid low emission vehicles; and more.