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Electric Vehicle Technologies - ELE00161M

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  • Department: Electronic Engineering
  • Credit value: 20 credits
  • Credit level: M
  • Academic year of delivery: 2024-25

Module summary

This module provides you with a comprehensive perspective of modern electric vehicle technologies. You will explore electrical and electronic systems related to modern electric vehicles (EV) including EV powertrain configuration, drive cycle and performance specifications, vehicle dynamics and various motor drives, different batteries and energy management schemes, auxiliaries such as on-board chargers and electric power steering, etc.

Related modules

Pre-requisite modules

Co-requisite modules

  • None

Prohibited combinations

  • None

Module will run

Occurrence Teaching period
A Semester 1 2024-25

Module aims

Subject content aims:

  • To understand the principles of electric vehicle powertrain configuration

  • To understand the schemes and specifications of various battery systems

  • To understand the schemes and specifications of various motor drive systems

  • To understand the schemes and specifications of various EV auxiliary systems

  • To understand the emerging electric vehicle technologies and development trends

Graduate skills aims:

  • To be able to explain EV powertrain from a technical perspective concisely and accurately.

  • To be able to technically specify appropriate EV powertrain components using professional specification principles.

  • To be able to explain the issues associated with operational and monitoring systems.

Module learning outcomes

Subject content learning outcomes
After successful completion of this module, students will be able to:

  • Explain the principles and specifications of different EV powertrain components
  • Assess and contrast the relative merits of various batteries, motor drives and auxiliaries.
  • Design a EV powertrain system given a power and energy specification


Graduate skills learning outcomes
After successful completion of this module, students will be able to:

  • Articulate a technical proposal in written and oral form
  • Produce formal grid component and sub-system specifications

Indicative assessment

Task % of module mark
Essay/coursework 100

Special assessment rules

None

Indicative reassessment

Task % of module mark
Essay/coursework 100

Module feedback

Formative feedback:

Emails to the Module Coordinator with Questions / Comments will be answered as soon as possible. Questions can also be submitted at any time via the Question Box on the module Wiki page. The students can have technical discussions with the module Coordinator during open office hours.

Summative feedback:

Feedback on tutorial questions with comments on how the students can improve on their work, will be available to the students typically in class. Feedback on individual project reports will be available to the students within 25 working days.

Indicative reading

Electric Vehicles: Modern Technologies and Trends

Editor(s): Nil Patel, Akash Kumar Bhoi, Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban, Jens Bo Holm-Nielsen

First published: 26 April 2012

Print ISBN: 2190-4715-24-14 |Online ISBN: 2190-4715-24-14 |DOI: 10.1186/2190-4715-24-14


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