3 credits
Fall 2026 Distance Learning Lecture Upper Division
Introduction to architectures and technologies associated with electric and hybrid electric vehicles including their constituent components. Specific topics include electric and hybrid electric drive trains, energy storage (batteries/ultracapacitors, fuel cells), electromechanical energy conversion (induction and permanent magnet motors and generators), power electronics, vehicle-level modeling and control, and optimization. Prerequisite by Topic: Energy conversion and power electronics.
Learning Outcomes1Understand the principal architectures of electric and hybrid electric vehicles.
2Analyze performance characteristics and understand limitations of each architecture.
3Understand the principal components of an HEV including the energy storage, conversion, transmission, and control subsystems.
4Integrate disparate subsystem models to form end-to-end vehicle model.
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