How your car works: Your guide to the components & systems of modern cars, including hybrid & electric vehicles (RAC Handbook) Paperback – April 13, 2019

This is exactly what I was looking for. I work for a dealership and this is really helping me to understand the basics of car repair.

This book was well written with a balance of technical information presented in an understandable style. The fact that it was written and published in the UK made the metric references a little difficult to follow. The new decriptions of hybrid and electric vehicles was extremely useful as more and more of them are introduced to the American buying public. As a trainer for an automotive group, it will be useful as a refernce book.

Good bookI learn a lot from this book

This book is meant to give an overview of how an automobile functions. After reading this book, you will have a somewhat better understanding of the jargon used by a professional auto technician. Most chapters are fairly clear and concise. The weakest chapter is, by far, Chapter 3: Drivetrain. It is as if though another author wrote it - very hastily. Many terms are undefined. Despite having a technical background, this chapter was incomprehensible to me. The book overall, however, is a solid attempt at giving you a crash course in auto basics. There are plenty of useful illustrations, and lots of tidbits information regarding auto design. I'd recommend this book for anyone over the age of 13 or so.

I would expect a book like this to get deeper into things, to provide much more explenations and much much more illustrations.

Not what I expected. I thought I'd get an overview of how an electric vehicle works...not the case. Good if you want to know how a traditional, ICE motor etc. works.

Not the best book for HP enthusiasts.