Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Engineering

Upon completion of the academy, participants will be able to:

• Define and analyze fundamental electrochemistry of battery operation and performance requirements for HEV, PHEV, EREV and full electric vehicle applications

• Estimate the size of a cell to meet a specific requirement

• Create a cradle-to-grave, or cradle-to-use list of materials used in any type of automotive battery

• Compute the temperature response of battery cell and pack assemblies for a simple model

• Describe the functions performed by a Battery Management System (BMS)

• Explain different approaches to estimating state of charge, state of health, power and energy

• Apply the operation of brushless dc and induction motors to HEV and EV vehicles

• Define the torque speed curves for motors and the application to electric and hybrid electric vehicles

• Describe the features of buck, boost, and Transformer converters

• Compare and contrast the various industry and regulatory standards for hybrid vehicle components, batteries, and charging systems

• Describe the main hybrid and electric vehicle development considerations and performance requirements for various vehicle system

• Identify how to define key vehicle system requirements and select and size system components that best meet those requirements