Syllabus - Electric Vehicles (EV501)

Electric Vehicles (EV501)

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Unit 1

Vehicle Mechanics

Vehicle mechanics- Roadway fundamentals, Laws of motion, Vehicle Kinetics, Dynamics of vehicle motion, propulsion power, velocity and acceleration, Tire –Road mechanics, Propulsion System Design.

Unit 2

Vehicle Architecture and Sizing

Electric Vehicle History, and Evolution of Electric Vehicles. Series, Parallel and Series parallel Architecture, Micro and Mild architectures. Mountain Bike - Motorcycle- Electric Cars and Heavy Duty EVs. -Details and Specifications.

Unit 3

Power Components and Brakes

Power train Component sizing- Gears, Clutches, Differential, Transmission and Vehicle Brakes. EV power train sizing, HEV Powertrain sizing, Examples.

Unit 4

Hybrid Vehicle Control Strategy

Vehicle supervisory controller, Mode selection strategy, Modal Control strategies.

Unit 5

Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Course Objective

To learn the structure of Vehicle , Electric Vehicles, Hybrid Electric Vehicle To study about the EV conversion components To know about the details and specifications for Electric Vehicles To understand the concepts of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle To model and simulate all types of DC motors

Course Outcome

["Summarize the History and Evolution of Vehicles, EVs, Hybrid and Plug-In Hybrid EVs", "Describe the various EV components", "Describe the concepts related in the Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles", "Analyze the details and Specifications for the various EVs developed.", "Describe the hybrid vehicle control strategy."]

Practicals

Reference Books

  • Mehrdad Ehsani, YiminGao, Sebastian E. Gay, Ali Emadi, 'Modern Electric, Hybrid Electric and Fuel Cell Vehicles: Fundamentals, Theory and Design', CRC Press, 2004.

  • Build Your Own Electric Vehicle,Seth Leitman , Bob Brant, McGraw Hill, Third Edition 2013.

  • Advanced Electric Drive Vehicles, Ali Emadi, CRC Press, First edition 2017.

  • The Electric Vehicle Conversion Handbook: How to Convert Cars, Trucks, Motorcycles, and Bicycles -- Includes EV Components, Kits, and Project Vehicles Mark Warner, HP Books, 2011.

  • Heavy-duty Electric Vehicles from Concept to Reality, Shashank Arora, Alireza Tashakori Abkenar, Shantha Gamini Jayasinghe, Kari Tammi, Elsevier Science, 2021

  • Electric Vehicles Modern Technologies and Trends, Nil Patel, Akash Kumar Bhoi, Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban, Jens Bo Holm-Nielsen Springer, 2020

  • Hybrid Electric Vehicles: A Review of Existing Configurations and Thermodynamic Cycles, Rogelio León , Christian Montaleza , José Luis Maldonado , MarCOs Tostado-Véliz and Francisco Jurado, Thermo, 2021, 1, 134–150. https://doi.org/10.3390/thermo10200