
Explore the technology perspective of electric vehicles, detailing the electric drivetrain, sustainability benefits, efficiency, convenience, and total cost of ownership, while addressing range and charging challenges.
Explore how smart electric mobility drives the energy transition from a business perspective, linking renewable energy, logistics, and smart mobility to reduce emissions and boost economic value.
Examine how public policy interventions shape the shift to electric vehicles, linking transport and energy systems with the economy. Governments promote reliable, affordable, low-carbon mobility and demand flexibility.
Discover how electric vehicles store energy in an onboard battery and run with an efficient motor for clean, low-emission driving, with fast charging and regenerative braking.
Identify the charging port and onboard charger, the high-voltage and auxiliary batteries, the motor, transmission, and the role of power electronics in driving and regenerative braking.
Identify the major electric vehicle types, from hybrid and plug-in hybrid to battery and fuel cell electric vehicles, and compare their energy sources, propulsion, and hybridization rates.
Explore AC and DC charging basics for electric vehicles, including onboard and offboard chargers, charging power levels from level one to level three, and connector variations worldwide.
Understand the two charging regions: constant current and constant voltage, and how charging power, current, and energy shape EV charging. Learn how smart charging uses renewables and lowers costs.
Robert leads a car company through electrification and investments. He must reengineer operations with limited staff and embrace sustainability, automation, and connectivity as the future of mobility.
Trace the evolution of electric vehicles from early motors to modern battery electric and hybrid models, and explore how electrification, automation, and connectivity enable zero-emission mobility.
Explore how electrification improves urban mobility by reducing emissions and noise through zero-emission transportation and city distribution, with renewable energy, lifecycle assessments, and interoperable charging enabling electric cities.
Automation and smart emobility advance mobility without accidents, reclaiming time through a master plan for autonomous driving. Real-world pilots in Rotterdam show safety gains and growing mobility opportunities.
Discover how connectivity and the internet of things drive affordable mobility by enabling carsharing, shared services, and vehicle-to-grid in electric vehicles, lowering total cost of ownership.
Develop a smart electric vehicle plan for Hollyhock City by integrating rebates, charging infrastructure, and smart grid strategies to balance renewable energy, reduce emissions, and improve public health.
Explore how electric vehicles interact with transport and energy infrastructure as a complex adaptive social-technical system, highlighting policy design, grid stability, and charging flexibility.
Electric vehicles are the future of transportation. Electric mobility has become an essential part of the energy transition and will imply significant changes for vehicle manufacturers, governments, companies, and individuals. Electric cars are more than a novel means of mobility. They have been recognized as an essential building block of the energy transition. Fulfilling their promise will imply a significant change in the technical, digital, and social dimensions of transport and energy infrastructure. If you are interested in learning about the state-of-the-art technology behind electric cars, then this is the course for you!
Electric cars are more than a novel means of mobility. They have been recognized as an essential building block of the energy transition. Fulfilling their promise will imply a significant change in the technical, digital, and social dimensions of transport and energy infrastructure. If you are interested in learning about the state-of-the-art technology behind electric cars, then this is the course for you!
You’ll explore the most important aspects of this new market, including state-of-the-art technology of electric vehicles and charging infrastructure; profitable business models for electric mobility; and effective policies for governmental bodies, which will accelerate the uptake of electric mobility.
The course includes video lectures, presentations, and exercises, which are all illustrated with real-world case studies from projects that are implemented across the globe.