Intermediate
4 lessons
140 min
Electric Vehicle Fundamentals
Understand how an electric vehicle stores, converts and delivers energy: the high-voltage architecture, battery pack design, charging power and time, and the safety discipline that high voltage demands.
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What you will learn
- Describe the main high-voltage and low-voltage subsystems of an electric vehicle
- Calculate pack voltage, energy and current from cell and module data
- Estimate charging time from pack energy, charger power and efficiency
- Explain the safety principles required before any high-voltage service work
Prerequisites. DC and AC fundamentals, including power and energy · Automotive electrical systems basics · Awareness that high-voltage work is restricted to qualified persons
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Course lessons
1
EV Architecture and High Voltage
The high-voltage battery, inverter, traction motor, DC-DC converter and charger, and the power and current rel...
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2
EV Battery Systems
Cells, modules and packs, series and parallel arrangement, state of charge, C-rate and the job of the battery...
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3
EV Charging and Energy
AC and DC charging, charger power, efficiency and the charging-time calculation, including why the real curve...
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4
EV Safety and Service
High-voltage hazards, isolation, stored energy, personal protection and the service discipline required before...
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