Electric vehicle
(EV) technology represents a revolutionary shift in transportation, utilizing
electricity as the primary source of propulsion instead of traditional internal
combustion engines (ICE). EVs incorporate various technologies and components
to create cleaner, more energy-efficient, and technologically advanced
vehicles.
EV technology
represents a transformative shift in the automotive industry, promoting
sustainability, technological innovation, and the transition towards cleaner
and more efficient modes of transportation. Learning about electric vehicle
technology is crucial for fostering environmental consciousness, driving
technological innovation, creating career opportunities, informing consumer
decisions, shaping policy, and ultimately contributing to a more sustainable
and greener future in transportation.
| Course Status : | Upcoming |
| Course Type : | Elective |
| Language for course content : | English |
| Duration : | 12 weeks |
| Category : |
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| Credit Points : | 3 |
| Level : | Undergraduate/Postgraduate |
| Start Date : | 26 Jan 2026 |
| End Date : | 30 Apr 2026 |
| Enrollment Ends : | 28 Feb 2026 |
| Exam Date : | |
| Translation Languages : | English |
| NCrF Level : | 4.5 — 8.0 |
| Industry Details : | Education and Training |
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swayam@nitttrc.edu.in, swayam@nitttrc.ac.in
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Week No. |
Units and Lessons/Sub-Units |
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1. |
Electric Vehicle Components and Architecture History of Electric Vehicles – Automobile power
Train-Architecture of Electric Vehicles -Types of Electric Vehicles- Break
down of key components in EV |
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2. |
Embedded Controllers for EV Vehicle Control Unit –Controllers used in EV-
Automotive Embedded applications |
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3. |
Power Electronics Converters for EV Power Semiconductor devices- Rectifiers- DC -DC
converters- Inverters -Bidirectional Chargers- Working Principle
of Hybrid-Bridge-Based Dual active bridge (DAB) converter-Performance-
Voltage mode control- Principle of Dual-Transformer based DAB converter- Three-Level
bidirectional DC–DC converter- Applications. |
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4. |
Electrical Motors for EV Induction Motors -Permanent Magnet Brushless DC motor – Switched reluctance motor –
Permanent magnet synchronous motor and their controllers -Regenerative
Braking- Integration with Vehicle Systems |
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5 |
Battery Technology for EV Batteries
–Types of Batteries- Lithium Ion Battery – Battery packs- Energy Density and
Range- Battery Degradation and Lifetime-Emerging Battery Technologies. |
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6. |
Battery
Management Systems (BMS) for EV Functions of a BMS-State of Charge (SoC) – Depth of Discharge (DoD) -State of
Health-Temperature Management- Cell Balancing-
Active Balancing -Passive Balancing- Charging Control-Sensors -User Interface and Communication |
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7. |
Modelling and Simulation of EV Vehicle Dynamics Modelling- Battery Modeling-Motor
and Power Electronics Modeling-Thermal Management Modeling- Integration and
System-Level Simulation |
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8. |
Electric Vehicle Charging ON Board chargers – Off board chargers-
Level 1 Charging -Level 2 Charging -DC fast Charging-Charging
Connectors- Range and Efficiency |
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9. |
Advanced Driver Assistant Systems Adaptive Cruise Control-Lane Departure Warning (LDW) and Lane Keep
Assist (LKA)- Automatic Emergency Braking-Blind Spot Detection (BSD) and Rear
Cross Traffic Alert-Traffic Sign Recognition-Driver Monitoring Systems-Gesture Control and Voice
Recognition |
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10 |
Electric Vehicle standards and safety design Vehicle
Safety Standards-Electrical Safety
Standards -Cell Testing and Certification-Thermal Management -Crash safety and Fire safety- Government incentives
and policies |
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11 |
Design of Electric Vehicles Motor sizing - Power pack sizing- gear box – Gear
ratio, torque–speed characteristics- Dynamic equation of vehicle motion-
Maximum tractive effort – Power train tractive effort-Acceleration
performance, rated vehicle velocity – maximum gradability - Brake
performance-Electronic control system- range calculation in electric
vehicles. |
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12 |
Autonomous Vehicles Drive by wire - LiDAR, camera, computing unit, navigation
system- path planning, path following, Vector map building- obstacle avoidance-
traffic lights recognition- open CAN interface |
1.
C.C Chan, K.T Chau: Modern
Electric Vehicle Technology, Oxford University Press Inc., New York 2001
2.
Iqbal Hussein, Electric and
Hybrid Vehicles: Design Fundamentals, CRC Press, 2003.
3.
James Larminie, John Lowry,
Electric Vehicle Technology Explained, Wiley, 2003.
4.
Fundamentals of Vehicle
Dynamics, Thomas Gillespie, SAE Publication.
5.
Electric vehicle battery
systems by Sandeep Dhameja, Newnes Publishing, 2002
6.
Frank Vahid and Tony Givargis,
Embedded system design: A unified hardware/Software introduction, Third
edition, John Wiley & sons, 2010
7.
R. Krishnan, “Electric Motor
Drives - Modeling, Analysis & Control”, PHI Learning Private Ltd, 2009.
8.
L. Ashok Kumar, S. Albert
Alexander, “Power Converters for Electric Vehicles”, CRC Press, Taylor &
Francis Group, 2021
9. Automotive Industry Standards, India, 2015-2016
Dr G. A. Rathy, is working as Professor in the Department of Electrical Electronics and Communication Engineering, NITTTR, Chennai since 1998. Her area of Specialization is Power Electronics and Drives and she has organized more than 250 Faculty Development Programmes for Technical Teachers of the southern region of India. Apart from the core engineering, she has expertise in the areas of curriculum development and curriculum evaluation. She designed, developed and evaluated the Power Electronics Engineering curriculum using Criterion Referenced Test and Revised Blooms Taxonomy.
She effectively contributed as resource person in more than 15 International Overseas Teachers Courses and organized more than 5 International Overseas Teachers Courses. he specially designed skill oriented programmes for Electrical Engineering discipline such as PLC and SCADA, Power Electronics, PCB design, Industrial Automation, Electrical CAD, Special Electrical machines, IoT and Electric Vehicle Technology. She developed Power Electronics and Special Machines Lab, Industrial Automation Lab and Electrical Simulation lab. She has published more than 25 articles in National/International journals/conferences and three text books.. She successfully completed four MHRD sponsored projects worth Rupees 30 lakhs and modernized the department infrastructure. She is motivated towards the curriculum evaluation of various Engineering curriculum with latest pedagogical methods. She is now involved in the research area of developing and analyzing skill oriented Industry Inclined curriculum.
Dr. R. Suja
Mani Malar is working as an associate professor
in the Department of Electrical, Electronics, and Communication Engineering,
NITTTR Chennai. She received a B.E. degree in Electrical and Electronics
Engineering from Manonmaniam Sundaranar University and M.E. degree in Process
Control and Instrumentation from Annamalai University. She had completed a
Ph.D. degree in the area of control and instrumentation from Anna University,
Chennai. She also obtained
MBA (Education Management) degree from Alagappa University. She has more than
23 years of teaching experience at various reputed engineering colleges in
Tamil Nadu. Her research interests include Artificial Intelligence, control and
Instrumentation, image processing, electric drive control, and robotics. She
has published 75 research papers peer reviewed journals and conference
proceedings .She has additionally six patents published. She has also published
two text books. She is a life member of
ISTE, IAENG, and IACSIT. She is an
approved Research Supervisor for the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at Anna
University Chennai. She has produced 5 Ph.D’s and is currently guiding 3
research scholars at Anna University Chennai. She is a life member of
ISTE, IAENG, and IACSIT.
She has organized several workshops and short
term courses related to Artificial Intelligence, Soft Computing, control
systems and Instrumentation. She is versatile and skilful in handling different
subjects such as Electric Circuits, Power plant Engineering, High voltage
Engineering, Protection and switchgear, Control System, Sensors and
Transducers, Measurements and Instrumentation, Industrial Instrumentation,
Digital Signal Processing, Process Control and Computer Control of Process.
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