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Overview
This course offers a comprehensive understanding of electric vehicle (EV) systems aligned with the latest OEM trends in 2025. Covering EV fundamentals to future innovations, it blends theory with hands-on projects across domains like battery systems, charging infrastructure, safety, connectivity, software, and sustainability.
Objectives
Upon successful completion of this program, participants will be able to:
- Understand the evolution, components, and classifications of EVs
- Analyze modern battery technologies and safety systems
- Explore powertrain architectures, high-voltage safety protocols, and thermal management
- Understand EV charging infrastructure, standards, and communication protocols
- Learn CAN communication, software-defined vehicles, and V2X technologies
- Study advanced modules like PDU, VCU, cybersecurity, and predictive maintenance
- Get hands-on through use cases, diagnostic activities, and design projects
Prerequisites
All participants should have:
- Basic understanding of electrical or automotive engineering concepts.
- Familiarity with vehicle systems or embedded electronics is helpful but not mandatory.
Course Outline
Module 1: Introduction to EVskeerti2025-07-18T13:03:31+05:30
- Overview of Electric Vehicles
Learn the history, global market trends, and environmental impact of electric vehicles. - Types of Electric Vehicles
Understand definitions, architectures, pros, and cons of HEVs, BEVs, PHEVs, and FCEVs. - Key Components of EVs
Identify major EV components like high-voltage battery, electric motor, power electronics, and thermal systems.
Module 2: EV Battery Systemskeerti2025-07-18T12:15:06+05:30
- Lithium-ion Battery Technology
Study the principles, cell types, energy density, and degradation mechanisms of Li-ion batteries. - Battery Management System (BMS)
Understand the monitoring, protection, hardware/software interfaces, and communication in BMS. - Battery Thermal Management System (BTMS)
Learn the importance of thermal control using air, liquid, and refrigerant strategies to ensure battery safety. - Battery Pack Design and Safety
Explore battery module assembly, crashworthiness, high-voltage safety, and fire suppression design principles.
Module 3: EV Powertrain Componentskeerti2025-07-18T12:32:16+05:30
- Electric Motors
Discover the types, control strategies, efficiency, and torque-speed characteristics of EV motors. - Power Inverters
Learn the role of inverters and power electronics like IGBTs and MOSFETs in driving EV motors. - DCDC Converters
Understand converter topologies, control methods, and integration with low-voltage systems in EVs. - E-Axle
Analyze the integrated motor-inverter-gearbox system and compare its configurations and advantages.
Module 4: High Voltage Systems and Safetykeerti2025-07-18T12:40:51+05:30
- HV Cables and Connectors
Study high-voltage cable types, shielding, routing, and safe handling techniques. - High Voltage Interlock Loop (HVIL)
Understand HVIL functions, interlock types, fault detection, and safety mechanisms in EVs. - Insulation Resistance Monitoring System (IRMS)
Learn how IRMS works, its role in leakage detection, and related testing procedures. - HV Safety Procedures and PPE
Gain knowledge of lockout/tagout, arc flash hazards, emergency response, and protective gear for HV systems.
Module 5: EV Charging Technologies and Infrastructurekeerti2025-07-18T12:45:07+05:30
- Types of Charging Technology
Differentiate AC, DC fast charging, inductive charging, and battery swapping methods. - Charging Infrastructure
Understand the design and components of home, public, and smart charging networks. - Charger Communication
Explore communication standards like ISO 15118, OCPP, CHAdeMO, CCS, and vehicle-to-grid protocols. - On-Board Chargers (OBC)
Learn the function, efficiency, and electrical integration of OBCs in electric vehicles.
Module 6: Vehicle Communication and Softwarekeerti2025-07-18T12:47:18+05:30
- CAN Bus Communication
Understand CAN protocol, message arbitration, diagnostics, and communication topology in EVs. - ECU (Electronic Control Unit)
Learn about ECU architecture, embedded software, calibration, and diagnostics in electric vehicles. - Software Defined Vehicles (SDV)
Explore SDV concepts, abstraction layers, software architecture, and related development challenges. - Connected Vehicles (V2G, V2X, V2V)
Discover vehicle connectivity modes and their applications in energy grids and smart transportation.
Module 7: Advanced EV Conceptskeerti2025-07-18T12:51:14+05:30
- Power Distribution Unit (PDU)
Understand the PDU’s role in high-voltage systems including fusing, contactors, and safety circuits. - Vehicle Control Unit (VCU)
Analyze the VCU’s control strategies for powertrain, thermal, and charging systems in EVs. - Vehicle Thermal Management
Study integrated thermal control for batteries, motors, cabins, and use of heat pumps and modeling.
Module 8: Future Trendskeerti2025-07-18T12:55:54+05:30
- Software & Hardware Integration
Explore software development with HIL testing and best practices for hardware-software co-design. - OTA (Over-the-Air) Updates
Learn about OTA update mechanisms, their security concerns, and benefits for lifecycle management. - Predictive Maintenance
Discover data-driven diagnostics and fault prediction using analytics and machine learning. - Cybersecurity
Identify vulnerabilities in EV systems and examine automotive cybersecurity standards and solutions. - Vehicle Design and Architecture
Understand modular EV designs, skateboard platforms, and their implications for manufacturing and repair.
