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Electric Cars: Technology
- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 5 Sequences
- Intermediate Level
Course details
Syllabus
Week 1: How does an EV work?
- Comparing ICE and Electric Vehicles
- EV Powertrains & its sizing
- Well-to-wheel emissions of EVs
- Regenerative braking
- Case study: Carver EV
- Case study: Lightyear One EV
Week 2: Electric Machines and Power Electronics
- EV Power Electronics
- Electric Machines
- Inverter/VFD
- Speed Control
- Losses in power electronics, battery and electric machines
Week 3: Battery Technology for EVs
- Battery working principles & Battery losses
- Lithium-ion batteries
- Battery pack and battery management system
- Battery production and reuse
- Case study: Carver EV battery
- Case study: Lightyear EV battery
Week 4. Charging Technology of EVs
- AC charging - Type 1,2,3
- DC charging - CHAdeMO, Tesla, CCS, GB/T
- Fast charging and its limitations
- Smart charging and applications
- Vehicle to grid (V2G) technology
- Case study: ABB
Week 5. Future trends in electric cars
- Wireless and on-road charging of EV
- Battery swap technology
- Autonomous driving
- Charging EVs from renewables
- Case study: Vattenfall solar car team
Prerequisite
It is recommended that learners complete the first course, Electric cars: Introduction (DelftX- eCars1x) before beginning this course to be familiar with the basic concepts.
Instructors
Pavol Bauer
Full Professor, Department of Electrical Sustainable Energy
TU Delft
Auke Hoekstra
Senior advisor smart mobility
Eindhoven University of Technology
Gautham Ram
Assistant Professor, Delft University of Technology
Delft University of Technology
Marnix Wagemaker
Associate Professor, Delft University of Technology
Delft University of Technology
Jianning Dong
Assistant Professor
Delft University of Technology
Riender Happee
Associate Professor
Delft University of Technology
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Delft University of Technology (in Dutch: Technische Universiteit Delft), better known as TU Delft, is the oldest and largest public university in the Netherlands.
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