Bosch Automotive Handbook

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1. gavmorJun 2022
   If I were to take one book with me "down into the bunker," as Dartnell puts it, I'd hands-down take with me the Bosch Automotive Handbook[0], a phenomenally dense and thorough text covering not just cars, but their constituent parts--and their constituent parts' constituent parts--all the way down to the materials. It has wonderful tables of data on the properties of various materials (from advanced plastics and alloys to leather, paper, and common fluids) accompanied by clear and precise mechanical diagrams. It's precisely the kind of book that would secure a time-traveller's position as court wizard, all geared (ha) toward the eminently practical domain of moving across the surface of the earth.

   0. https://www.sae.org/publications/books/content/bosch10/

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2. wshSep 2021
   The Bosch Automotive Handbook, now in its tenth English-language edition, is the standard one-volume reference. Older, but still useful, are Garrett et al., The Motor Vehicle, and U.S. Army TM 9-8000, Principles of Automotive Vehicles. There are also many books on specific subjects, such as Limpert, Brake Design and Safety, or Hoag & Dondlinger, Vehicular Engine Design.

   If you’re more interested in servicing, I’d strongly recommend the automakers’ paper or electronic workshop manuals and training materials: for newer, more sophisticated models, these may be the only source of the information needed for safe, effective repairs and maintenance.

   There are also textbooks published for use in community colleges, and works such as the Honda Common Service Manual, which was written for motorcycle and power equipment technicians but has a good deal of information applicable to full-size vehicles.

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3. GlawenJan 2019
   If by low level you mean embedded systems programming, you will definetly need to be proficient in C. The other knowledge depends on the product that you will make. For example I work in the automotive industry, where you need to be interested in cars and how the different parts work. Knowledge of electrical engineering and control theory is also valuable. There is a good book about it if you wat to learn how cars works: Bosch Automotive Handbook.

   If you go that path, bear in mind that you will not be involved in creating clever algorithm. When safety is involved, you need to program very simple and easy code. The complexity lies in how all the parts and ECUs are interacting with each other. On the upside, you do not need to constantly learn new languages and library, and you accumulate expert knowledge which is interesting for companies.

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4. incisionMay 2013
   Also, for an overview of all sorts of automotive engineering for the curious, I highly recommend the Bosch Automotive Handbook [1].

   1: http://www.amazon.com/Bosch-Automotive-Handbook-Robert-GmbH/...

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5. ClosedPistachioJun 2024
   Similarly, I purchased a copy of "Bosch Automotive Handbook" [1]. For $65 it will literally walk you through every component of a vehicle, from the metals required, the fuel, to the electronics. It's presence on my bookshelf is meant to be aspirational.

   https://www.sae.org/publications/books/content/bosch10/

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