This course provides a deeper understanding of the fundamentals of Electric Vehicles (EVs), especially in the context of India. As part of the course, students will be exposed to technology associated with each element of an EV drive-train; they will also study the economics of EVs in comparison with petrol-powered vehicles.
This NPTEL Online Certification course (NOC) of 48 Online Lectures/Modules on “Fundamentals of Electric vehicles: Technology & Economics” was prepared by the Professors at IIT Madras specifically targeting the Electrical Engineering Discipline and published on the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) website.
These Modules are divided as per a 7 weeks course, comprising lectures as follows:
Topics Discussed
The key topics that are going to be discussed in this course are
- Overview of Electric Vehicles in India
- Vehicle Dynamics
- Vehicle Subsystems: EV Power-train
3.1 Storage for EVs
3.2 Fundamentals of EV Battery Pack design
3.3 EV Motors and Controllers: Fundamentals and Design - Vehicle Accessories
- Battery Charging and Swapping
- Management of EV Infrastructure
Books and references
Electric Powertrain – Energy Systems, Power electronics and drives for Hybrid, electric and fuel cell vehicles by John G. Hayes and A. Goodarzi, Wiley Publication
Curriculum
- 8 Sections
- 76 Lessons
- 10 Weeks
- Week 1Module 1 - Overview of Electric Vehicles in India8
- 2.1Overview of Electric Vehicles in India
- 2.2Can India Drive its EV program Innovatively and Differently and scale? – Part 1
- 2.3Can India Drive its EV program Innovatively and Differently and scale? – Part 2
- 2.4A bit about batteries
- 2.5Charging and Swapping Infrastructure
- 2.6Where will we get Lithium for batteries?
- 2.7EV Subsystems
- 2.8Week 1 : Assignment0 Questions
- Week 2Module 2: Vehicle Dynamics6
- Week 35
- Week 46
- Week 57
- 6.1SoH and SoC estimation and Self Discharge – Part 1
- 6.2SoH and SoC estimation and Self Discharge – Part 2
- 6.3Battery Pack Development – Part 1
- 6.4Battery Pack Development – Part 2
- 6.5Computation of Effective cost of battery – Part 1
- 6.6Computation of Effective cost of battery – Part 2
- 6.7Charging Batteries
- Week 69
- Week 78
- 8.1Electrical Design – Part 1
- 8.2Electrical Design – Part 2
- 8.3Electrical Design – Part 3
- 8.4BMS Design of Electric Vehicle – Part 1
- 8.5BMS Design of Electric Vehicle – Part 2
- 8.6BMS Design of Electric Vehicle – Part 3
- 8.7EV Motors and Controllers – Understanding Flow – Part 1
- 8.8EV Motors and Controllers – Understanding Flow – Part 2
- Week 828
- 9.1Power and Efficiency
- 9.2Torque Production – Part 1
- 9.3Torque Production – Part 2
- 9.4Torque Production – Part 3
- 9.5Speed and Back EMF
- 9.6The d-q Equivalent circuit – Part 1
- 9.7The d-q Equivalent circuit – Part 2
- 9.8Field-oriented Control
- 9.9Three phase AC – Part 1
- 9.10Three phase AC – Part 2
- 9.11Thermal Design – Part 1
- 9.12Thermal Design – Part 2
- 9.13Engineering Considerations – Part 1
- 9.14Engineering Considerations – Part 2
- 9.15Future Frontiers
- 9.16EV Chargers: Introduction
- 9.17EV Chargers: Slow or Fast – Part 1
- 9.18EV Chargers: Slow or Fast – Part 2
- 9.19Battery Swapping
- 9.20Standardization and On board Chargers
- 9.21Public Chargers – Part 1
- 9.22Public Chargers – Part 2
- 9.23Bulk Chargers/Swap Stations – Part 1
- 9.24Bulk Chargers/Swap Stations – Part 2
- 9.25Economics of Public Chargers in context
- 9.26Analytics – Part 1
- 9.27Analytics – Part 2
- 9.28Course Summary
