Abstract:

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, available from 25th June 2020.

These Modules are divided as per a 7 weeks course, comprising lectures as follows:

Week 1

• Overview of Electric Vehicles in India
• Can India Drive its EV program Innovatively and different lt and scale?- Part 1
• Can India Drive its EV program Innovatively and different lt and scale?- Part 2
• A bit about batteries
• Charging and Swapping Infrastructure
• Where will we get Lithium for Batteries
• EV Subsystems

Week 2

• Forces acting when a vehicle move
• Aerodynamics drag, Rolling Resistance and Uphill Resistance Power and Torque to accelerate
• Putting it all together -1
• Putting it all together -2
• Concept of Drive Cycle - 1

Week 3

• Concept of Drive Cycle - 1
• Drive Cycles and Energy used per km - Part 1
• Drive Cycles and Energy used per km - Part 2
• EV Subsystem: Design of EV Drive Train - Part 1
• EV Subsystem: Design of EV Drive Train - Part 2

Week 4

• Introduction to Battery Parameters - Part 1
• Introduction to Battery Parameters - Part 2
• Why Lithium-Ion Battery? - Part 1
• Why Lithium-Ion Battery? - Part 2
• Batteries in Future
• Li-ion Battery Cells

Week 5

• SoH and SoC estimation and self Discharge - Part 1
• SoH and SoC estimation and self Discharge - Part 2
• Battery Pack Development - Part 1
• Battery Pack Development - Part 2
• Computation of Effective cost of battery - Part 1
• Computation of Effective cost of battery - Part 2
• Charging Batteries

Week 6

• Fundamentals of Battery Pack Design
• Mechanical Design - Part 1
• Mechanical Design - Part 2
• Mechanical Design - Part 3
• Mechanical Design - Part 4
• Thermal Design - Part 1
• Thermal Design - Part 2
• Thermal Design - Part 3

Week 7

• Thermal Design - Part 4
• Electrica design - Part 1
• Electrica design - Part 2
• Electrica design - Part 3
• BMS Design of Electric Vehicle - Part 1
• BMS Design of Electric Vehicle - Part 2
• BMS Design of Electric Vehicle - Part 3
• EV Motors and Controllers - Understanding Flow - Part 1
• EV Motors and Controllers - Understanding Flow - Part 2