Fundamentals of Electric vehicles: Technology & Economics

By Prof. Ashok Jhunjhunwala, Prof. Kaushal Jha, Prof. L Kannan, Prof. Prabhjot Kaur | IIT Madras

Learners enrolled: 7678

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-à-vis petrol vehicles.

INTENDED AUDIENCE : B. Tech 4th year / M. Tech / MS / PhD or working professionals in EE, ECE, Mech, Engineering Design, Aerospace Engineering students interested in Electric Vehicles

PREREQUISITES : None; Interest in electric Vehciles

INDUSTRIES SUPPORT : Large number of people in industry will be interested.

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Elective
Duration :	8 weeks
Category :	Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
Credit Points :	2
Level :	Undergraduate/Postgraduate
Start Date :	14 Sep 2020
End Date :	20 Nov 2020
Enrollment Ends :	25 Sep 2020
Exam Date :	20 Dec 2020 IST

Note: This exam date is subjected to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

The key topics that are going to be discussed in this course are
1. Overview of Electric Vehicles in India
2. Vehicle Dynamics
3. Vehicle Subsystems: EV Power-train
3.1 Storage for EVs
3.2 Fundamentals of EV Battery Pack design
3.3 EV Motors and Controllers: Fundamentals and Design
4 Vehicle Accessories
5 Battery Charging and Swapping
6. Management of EV Infrastructure

Books and references

Electric Powertrain - Energy Systems, Power electronics and drives for Hybrid, electric and fuel cell vehicles by John G. Hayes and A. Goodarzi, Wiley Publication

Instructor bio

Prof. Ashok Jhunjhunwala, Prof. Kaushal Jha, Prof. L Kannan, Prof. Prabhjot Kaur

IIT Madras

Ashok Jhunjhunwala,Institute Professor at IIT Madras, did his B.Tech degree from IIT Kanpur and MS and PhD from University of Maine, USA and was a faculty at Washington State University, USA for a year and half before joining as a faculty at IIT Madras in 1981. In 2017-18, he was on sabbatical from IITM and was Principal Advisor to Minister of Power, MNRE, and Railways, Government of India, New Delhi.
Prof. Jhunjhunwala is considered a pioneer in nurturing Industry-Academia interaction in India towards Research and Development, Innovation and Product Development. He conceived and built India's first university affiliated business park (IIT Madras Research Park) to promote Industry-Academia Research and Development collaboration.

Course certificate

•The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.

• The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).

• Date and Time of Exams:20 December 2020, Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.

• Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.

• The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.

• Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE:

• Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 6 assignments out of the total 8 assignments given in the course.

• Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

• Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75.

• If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

• Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Madras. It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

• Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.