* Comprehensively covers the fundamentals of vehicle dynamics with application to automotive mechatronics * Presents a number of different design, analysis and implementation considerations related to automobiles, including power requirements, converters, performance, fuel consumption and vehicle dynamic models * Covers the dynamics, modeling and control of not only the entire vehicle system, but also of key elements of the vehicle such as transmissions, and hybrid systems integration * Includes exercise problems and MATLAB(R) codes * Accompanied by a website hosting animations