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Automotive Technology: Ebooks

Resources for AMT majors & mechanical minds

No reading while driving! That said, you can read electronic books just about anywhere you have internet access.

1) Click the book 2) login 3) Click the chapter or pdf link to begin your ebook read on your computer, phone, laptop or tablet.

Car Companies

Inside the Ford-UAW Transformation by Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld; Dan Brooks; Martin Mulloy
Call Number: HD9710.U54 .C883 2015 ebook
In 2009, the Ford Motor Company was the only one of the Big Three automakers not to take the federal bailout package. How did Ford remain standing when its competitors were brought to their knees?

People

Road to Power by Laura Colby
Call Number: HD9710.U52 .B333 2015 ebook
Beginning as a rare female electrical engineer and daughter of a General Motors die maker, Barra spent more than thirty years building her career before becoming the first woman to ever lead a global automaker.

Car Parts

Automotive Wiring and Electrical Systems Vol. 2 by Tony Candela
Call Number: TL272 .C3624 2015 ebook
This book is a 2015 International Automotive Media Competition (IAMC) Silver Medal Winner.
Vehicle Dynamics by Martin Meywerk
Call Number: TL243 .M486 2015 ebook
Power requirements, converters, performance, fuel consumption and vehicle dynamic models.

Autonomous Vehicles

Computer Vision in Vehicle Technology by Antonio M. López (Editor); Atsushi Imiya; Tomas Pajdla; Jose M. Álvarez (Editor)
Call Number: TL272.53.C66 2017 ebook
Advanced driver assistance (pedestrian detection, lane departure warning, traffic sign recognition), autonomous driving and robot navigation.

Summer Car Culture

Heading Out by Terence Young
Call Number: EBSCO e-book
Publication Date: 2017
The automobile transforms camping.

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