The Best New Automotive Engineering Books To Read In 2025

Understand the vehicles we rely on every day with "Automotive Engineering Step by Step - The Science Behind Designing, Manufacturing & Innovating Modern Automotive Systems." Whether you're a car enthusiast, an engineering student, or simply someone fascinated by modern technology, this guide goes beyond the basics to offer a clear and broad understanding of automotive engineering principles, practices, and future trends. Learn about the inner workings of today’s cars and discover how engineers design, manufacture, and innovate vehicles.

From traditional internal combustion engines to modern electric and hybrid technologies, this book explores the science and engineering principles that define modern automotive systems. Why You Should Buy This Book:. Comprehensive Coverage: Covering everything from the history of automotive engineering to future trends like autonomous driving and sustainable energy solutions, this book walks you through each essential topic. Learn about the evolution of engine design, the mechanics of vehicle dynamics, the role of electronics and software, and much more. Clear, Easy-to-Understand Explanations: Technical topics are broken down into bite-sized, easy-to-digest sections. This book is designed for both beginners and those with some prior knowledge, ensuring that complex engineering concepts are presented in a way anyone can understand. Emerging Technologies and Innovations: Stay ahead of the curve by exploring the latest advancements in the automotive industry. From autonomous vehicles to electric powertrains, you’ll gain insights into the innovations that are shaping the future of transportation. Practical Insights for Students and Professionals: Whether you’re studying for an exam, working on a project, or simply interested in automotive engineering as a career, the practical insights provided in this book will help you grasp key concepts and understand real-world applications. Key Topics Covered:Powertrain Systems: Understand front-wheel, rear-wheel, and all-wheel drive systems, and understand the differences between manual and automatic transmissions. Engine Design and Technology: Learn about the principles behind internal combustion engines, fuel injection systems, and performance-enhancing technologies like turbochargers and superchargers. Electric and Hybrid Vehicles: Explore the design and function of electric motors, battery technologies, and regenerative braking systems, and discover how hybrid vehicles seamlessly combine traditional engines with electric motors for increased efficiency. Vehicle Dynamics and Control: Understand how engineers achieve the perfect balance between power, handling, and stability. Topics like suspension design, steering mechanisms, and stability control systems are explored in depth. Advanced Safety Systems: Discover the technology behind modern active and passive safety systems, including airbags, crumple zones, Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), and autonomous emergency braking. Manufacturing Innovations: Learn about 3D printing, lightweight materials, and other trends that are changing automotive manufacturing for greater efficiency, performance, and sustainability. Environmental Impact and Future Technologies: From emission control and catalytic converters to zero-emission vehicles, discover the challenges and opportunities presented by the shift to electric vehicles, hydrogen fuel cells, and other alternative energy sources.

Enhance your automotive IoT design and development knowledge by learning vehicle architectures, cybersecurity best practices, cloud applications, and software development processes.

Key FeaturesExplore modern vehicle architectures designed to support automotive IoT use casesDiscover cybersecurity practices and processes to develop secure automotive IoT applicationsGain insights into how cloud technologies and services power automotive IoT applicationsPurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookBook DescriptionSoftware-defined vehicles, equipped with extensive computing power and connectivity, are unlocking new possibilities in automotive Internet of Things (IoT) applications, creating a critical need for skilled software engineers to lead innovation in the automotive sector. This book equips you to thrive in this industry by learning automotive IoT software development. The book starts by examining the current trends in automotive technology, highlighting IoT applications and key vehicle architectures, including the AUTOSAR platform. It delves into both classic and service-oriented vehicle diagnostics before covering robust security practices for automotive IoT development. You’ll learn how to adhere to industry standards such as ISO/SAE 21434, ASPICE for cybersecurity, and DevSecOps principles, with practical guidance on establishing a secure software development platform. Advancing to the system design of an automotive IoT application, you’ll be guided through the development of a remote vehicle diagnostics application and progress through chapters step by step, addressing the critical aspects of deploying and maintaining IoT applications in production environments. By the end of the book, you’ll be ready to integrate all the concepts you’ve learned to form a comprehensive framework of processes and best practices for embedded automotive development. What you will learnExplore the current automotive landscape and IoT tech trendsExamine automotive IoT use cases such as phone-as-a-key, predictive maintenance, and V2XGrasp standard frameworks such as classic and adaptive AUTOSARGet to grips with vehicle diagnostic protocols such as UDS, DoIP, and SOVDEstablish a secure development process and mitigate software supply chain risks with CIAD, RASIC, and SBOMLeverage ASPICE and functional safety processes for industry standards complianceUnderstand how to design, develop, and deploy an automotive IoT applicationWho this book is forThis book is for embedded developers and software engineers working in the automotive industry looking to learn IoT development, as well as IoT developers who want to learn automotive development. A fundamental grasp of software development will assist with understanding the concepts covered in the book. Table of ContentsAutomotive Technology TrendsIntroducing Automotive IoT Use CasesVehicle Architecture and FrameworkVehicle DiagnosticsNext Wave of Vehicle DiagnosticsExploring Secure Development Processes for Automotive IoTEstablishing a Secure Software Development PlatformSecuring the Software Supply ChainSystem Design of an Automotive IoT ApplicationDeveloping an Automotive IoT ApplicationDeploying and Maintaining an Automotive IoT ApplicationProcesses and PracticesEmbedded Automotive IoT DevelopmentFinal Thoughts.

Automotive design continues to evolve at a rapid pace. As electric cars become ever more commonplace on the roads to the advent of the driverless vehicle, understanding the ergonomics behind automotive engineering becomes ever more paramount. Vehicle attributes must be considered early during the new vehicle development program by coordinated work of multi-disciplinary teams to begin creating vehicle specifications and development of vehicle attribute requirements. In Ergonomics in the Automotive Design Process: Concepts, Issues and Methods, Vivek D.

Bhise covers the need-to-know fundamentals as to what makes an ergonomically sound vehicle. This book covers the entire range of ergonomics issues involved in designing a car or truck and offers evaluation techniques to avoid costly mistakes and assure high customer satisfaction. Across 13 chapters, vehicle design and the attributes of vehicle handling, appearance (interior and exterior styling), safety and security, infotainment, noise and vibrations, emissions, costs and process compatibility are considered in the context of ergonomics. New material to this edition includes coverage of ergonomics in the systems engineering process, decision-making and risks in automotive product programs and ergonomic considerations in electric vehicle development. This book will allow the reader to develop a more comprehensive knowledge of issues facing the developers of automotive products and delivers methods to manage communication, coordination and integration processes. It provides more tools in implementing systems engineering to minimize the risks of delays and cost overruns, and most importantly, creates the right product for its customers. The reader will develop a knowledge of future in- vehicle devices that are easy to program and use, safe, cheap to manufacture and assemble and are eco-friendly From an author with over forty years of experience in automotive design, this title is an ideal read for students and practitioners of ergonomics, human factors, automotive design, civil engineering, product design, work design and mechanical engineering. Vivek D. Bhise is currently a LEO Lecturer/ Visiting Professor and a Professor in post-retirement of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. He received his B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering (1965) from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India, M.S. in Industrial Engineering (1966) from the University of California, Berkeley, and PhD in Industrial and Systems Engineering (1971) from the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. During 1973 to 2001, he held several management and research positions at the Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, Michigan.