With the growing prices in fuel, electric vehicles are more popular than ever and with governments pushing car manufacturers to produce more electric vehicles, the future is in electronics. Learn about the fundamental principles of designing an electric vehicle as you begin your studies. If you are an automotive technician, mechanical or electrical engineer, or just a car enthusiast, this course is for you.
| College | Alison |
| Course ID | 192015 |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Diploma |
| Course Duration | 20-30 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | In This Free Course, You Will Learn How To • Define ‘gradient resistance’, ‘rolling resistance’ and ‘aerodynamic drag’ • Compute torque and acceleration requirements for engine design • Solve energy requirements using drive cycles • Explain the function of the vehicle's drive-train • Compute charge-discharge cycles of an electric vehicle's battery • Discuss the battery capacity of electric vehicles • Explain the concept of ‘depth of discharge’ • Define a battery's C-Rate • Explain the different components of the pack's mechanical design • Discuss the importance of a good thermal management system • Summarise how a battery pack's busbar is designed • Describe the role of the battery management system (BMS) |
| Course Code | 554 |
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