A brief history of Electric and Hybrid vehicles, basic architecture of hybrid drive train and analysis of series drive train., vehicle motion and the dynamic equations for the vehicle, types of HV and EV, advantages over conventional vehicles, limitations of EV and HV, impact on environment of EV and HV technology, disposal of battery, cell and hazardous material and their impact on environment

Power and Energy management strategies and its general architecture of EV and HV, various battery sources, energy storage, battery based energy storage and simplified models of battery, Battery Management Systems (BMS), fuel cells, characteristics and simplified models, Super capacitor based energy storage, its analysis and simplified models, flywheels and their modeling for energy storage in HV/BEV, hybridization of various energy storage devices, Selection of the energy storage technology

Electric Drives: Various types of motors, selection and size of motors, Induction Motor drives, Permanent Magnet Motor drives, Brushless DC Motor Drive, Switched Reluctance Motor, IPM motor drives, mechanical and electrical connections of motors Power Electronics: Power Electronics Converter topologies and its comparisons, Control of convertor operations in EV and HV, battery chargers used in EV and HV

Aerodynamic considerations, calculation of the rolling resistance and the grade resistance, calculation of the acceleration force, total tractive effort, torque required on the drive wheel, transmission efficiency, consideration of vehicle mass, electric vehicle chassis & body design, general issues in design, specifications and sizing of components, design parameters of batteries, ultra-capacitors and fuel cells

Introduction to Smart Charging: Grid to Vehicle and Vehicle to Grid, Smart Metering and ancillary services, Vehicle to Vehicle and Vehicle to Personal communication systems, introduction to battery charging stations, its installation and commissioning, Estimation on station capacity and associated technical issues, different connectors, policy regulations and standards for EV and HV, BEE standards, Indian and Global scenario, case studies