Basics of Electric Vehicles: A 4-Hour Introductory EV Course

Explore bev, hev, phev, and fcev, their energy sources and powertrains, including battery or fuel-tank energy, external charging, regenerative braking, and well-to-wheel emissions.

Develop a mathematical model of an electric vehicle using torque balance, including tractive and resistive torques, moment of inertia, gear ratio, and drive cycles such as the Indian drive cycle.

Develop a rotational vehicle model using torque, inertia, and resistive forces to predict wheel speed; derive tractive and resistive torque, gear ratio effects, and drive cycle data.

Learn to build a MATLAB Simulink vehicle model that balances motor torque against resistive forces—gradient, aerodynamic drag, and rolling resistance—and integrates to speed for realistic feedback.

Explore the fundamentals of electromagnetic induction, including Faraday's law and Lenz's law, and apply Fleming's left- and right-hand rules to understand how AC motors convert electrical energy to mechanical energy.

Learn about induction, pmsm, and bldc motors in electric vehicles, including rotor types, rotating magnetic fields, and how magnet coupling and electronic commutation affect efficiency and torque.

Explore the switch reluctance motor, PM motor, and axial flux motor, highlighting reluctance torque, high speed, and wide field weakening for advanced electric vehicles.

Explore motor control schemes in electric drives, from scalar v/f and hysteresis current control to vector field oriented control and direct torque control, with d-q transformation and flux-torque separation.

Explore energy storage systems and lithium ion batteries, covering battery management concepts like state of charge, health, and life, modeling, charging techniques, and matlab simulink project on active charge balancing.

Explore the battery management system, including protection, diagnostics, and cell balancing, with hardware and software for SOC, SOH, DoD, and fault detection and communication.

Explore battery modeling for evs with the ECM and electrochemical or data-driven approaches. Use one to three RC configurations to estimate open-circuit voltage, internal resistance, and SoC for real-time BMS.

Explore charging and discharging methods, including cc, cv, cc-cv and multi-step strategies, optimize temperature and current, and understand trickle charging and smart grid integration for EV battery longevity.

Learn charging standards and protocols for electric vehicles, including AC and IEC frameworks, GB/GPT China standards, and type one and type two connectors and charging modes.

Explore EV charging connectors, including type one and type two, CHAdeMO and CCS, and how AC vs DC charging in India shapes grid challenges and future standardization.

Explore a Matlab/Simulink buck converter model to study voltage mode control using a PI controller, showing how input and reference voltage steps alter the duty cycle and output.

Trace the timeline of India's electric mobility initiatives, including frame policy, Fame, and Nab, from 2011 to 2021, with National Electric Mobility Mission Plan 2020 funding and charging infrastructure standards.

Explore India's fame policy and PMP programme, detailing subsidies for two-, three-, and four-wheelers and the battery manufacturing roadmap toward transformative mobility.