Fundamentals of Electric Vehicles: Technology and Economics. Instructors: Prof. Ashok Jhunjhunwala, Prof. Kaushal Jha, Prof. L Kannan, and Prof. Prabhjot Kaur, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras.

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2110 years, 10 months

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A systems course to understand the fundamentals of Electric Vehicles (EVs), especially in Indian Context. The course will examine technology associated with each element of EV drive-train; at the same time, it will get into economics of EVs in India vis-a-vis petrol vehicles. Topics covered in this course include overview of electric vehicles in India; vehicle dynamics; vehicle subsystems: EV power-train; storage for EVs; fundamentals of EV battery pack design; EV motors and controllers: fundamentals and design; vehicle accessories; battery charging and swapping; management of EV infrastructure. (from nptel.ac.in)

Course Currilcum

  • Lecture 01 – Overview of Electric Vehicles in India Unlimited
  • Lecture 02 – Can India Drive its EV Program Innovatively and Differently and Scale? Unlimited
  • Lecture 03 – Can India Drive its EV Program Innovatively and Differently and Scale? (cont.) Unlimited
  • Lecture 04 – A Bit about Batteries Unlimited
  • Lecture 05 – Charging and Swapping Infrastructure Unlimited
  • Lecture 06 – Where will We Get Lithium for Batteries? Unlimited
  • Lecture 07 – EV Subsystems Unlimited
  • Lecture 08 – Forces Acting When a Vehicle Move Unlimited
  • Lecture 09 – Aerodynamic Drag, Rolling Resistance and Uphill Resistance Unlimited
  • Lecture 10 – Power and Torque to Accelerate Unlimited
  • Lecture 11 – Putting it All Together 1 Unlimited
  • Lecture 12 – Putting it All Together 2 Unlimited
  • Lecture 13 – Concept of Drive Cycle 1 Unlimited
  • Lecture 14 – Concept of Drive Cycle 2 Unlimited
  • Lecture 15 – Drive Cycles and Energy Used per Km, Part 1 Unlimited
  • Lecture 16 – Drive Cycles and Energy Used per Km, Part 2 Unlimited
  • Lecture 17 – EV Subsystem: Design of EV Drive Train, Part 1 Unlimited
  • Lecture 18 – EV Subsystem: Design of EV Drive Train, Part 2 Unlimited
  • Lecture 19 – Introduction to Battery Parameters, Part 1 Unlimited
  • Lecture 20 – Introduction to Battery Parameters, Part 2 Unlimited
  • Lecture 21 – Why Lithium Ion Battery? (Part 1) Unlimited
  • Lecture 22 – Why Lithium Ion Battery? (Part 2) Unlimited
  • Lecture 23 – Batteries in Future Unlimited
  • Lecture 24 – Li-Ion Battery Cells Unlimited
  • Lecture 25 – SoH and SoC Estimation and Self Discharge, Part 1 Unlimited
  • Lecture 26 – SoH and SoC Estimation and Self Discharge, Part 2 Unlimited
  • Lecture 27 – Battery Pack Development, Part 1 Unlimited
  • Lecture 28 – Battery Pack Development, Part 2 Unlimited
  • Lecture 29 – Computation of Effective Cost of Battery, Part 1 Unlimited
  • Lecture 30 – Computation of Effective Cost of Battery, Part 2 Unlimited
  • Lecture 31 – Charging Batteries Unlimited
  • Lecture 32 – Fundamentals of Battery Pack Design Unlimited
  • Lecture 33 – Mechanical Design, Part 1 Unlimited
  • Lecture 34 – Mechanical Design, Part 2 Unlimited
  • Lecture 35 – Mechanical Design, Part 3 Unlimited
  • Lecture 36 – Mechanical Design, Part 4 Unlimited
  • Lecture 37 – Thermal Design, Part 1 Unlimited
  • Lecture 38 – Thermal Design, Part 2 Unlimited
  • Lecture 39 – Thermal Design, Part 3 Unlimited
  • Lecture 40 – Thermal Design, Part 4 Unlimited
  • Lecture 41 – Electrical Design, Part 1 Unlimited
  • Lecture 42 – Electrical Design, Part 2 Unlimited
  • Lecture 43 – Electrical Design, Part 3 Unlimited
  • Lecture 44 – BMS Design of Electric Vehicle, Part 1 Unlimited
  • Lecture 45 – BMS Design of Electric Vehicle, Part 2 Unlimited
  • Lecture 46 – BMS Design of Electric Vehicle, Part 3 Unlimited
  • Lecture 47 – EV Motors and Controllers: Understanding Flow, Part 1 Unlimited
  • Lecture 48 – EV Motors and Controllers: Understanding Flow, Part 2 Unlimited
  • Lecture 49 – Power and Efficiency Unlimited
  • Lecture 50 – Torque Production, Part 1 Unlimited
  • Lecture 51 – Torque Production, Part 2 Unlimited
  • Lecture 52 – Torque Production, Part 3 Unlimited
  • Lecture 53 – Speed and Back EMF Unlimited
  • Lecture 54 – The d-q Equivalent Circuit, Part 1 Unlimited
  • Lecture 55 – The d-q Equivalent Circuit, Part 2 Unlimited
  • Lecture 56 – Field-Oriented Control Unlimited
  • Lecture 57 – Three Phase AC, Part 1 Unlimited
  • Lecture 58 – Three Phase AC, Part 2 Unlimited
  • Lecture 59 – Thermal Design, Part 1 Unlimited
  • Lecture 60 – Thermal Design, Part 2 Unlimited
  • Lecture 61 – Engineering Considerations, Part 1 Unlimited
  • Lecture 62 – Engineering Considerations, Part 2 Unlimited
  • Lecture 63 – Future Frontiers Unlimited
  • Lecture 64 – EV Chargers: Introduction Unlimited
  • Lecture 65 – EV Chargers: Slow or Fast, Part 1 Unlimited
  • Lecture 66 – EV Chargers: Slow or Fast, Part 2 Unlimited
  • Lecture 67 – Battery Swapping Unlimited
  • Lecture 68 – Standardization and On Board Chargers Unlimited
  • Lecture 69 – Public Chargers, Part 1 Unlimited
  • Lecture 70 – Public Chargers, Part 2 Unlimited
  • Lecture 71 – Bulk Chargers/ Swap Station, Part 1 Unlimited
  • Lecture 72 – Bulk Chargers/ Swap Station, Part 2 Unlimited
  • Lecture 73 – Economics of Public Chargers in Context Unlimited
  • Lecture 74 – Analytics, Part 1 Unlimited
  • Lecture 75 – Analytics, Part 2 Unlimited
  • Lecture 76 – Summary Unlimited