Science Of Fuel Economy & Hybrid & Electric Vehicles

What exactly goes on in the automotive industry to design and develop the hybrid vehicles and supervisory controller?

What you'll learn

Students will learn what exactly is fuel economy, why it is necessary and why is it challenging to achieve

Students will learn how hybrid and electric vehicles improve fuel economy. They will learn through and example how optimization maximizes fuel economy.

Students will be introduced with cool optimization routibes that are used in the industry that give hybrid vehicles advantage over the conventional ones

Students will get an idea of where exactly the energy is lost in a car and what is done in the industry to improve the overall system efficiency

Requirements

No pre-requisites required

Description

The course answers the following questions: What are Hybrid & Electric Vehicles? How are they better? How exactly are they Fuel efficient? What goes on in the industry to design them? Where do the system losses in hybrid vehicles come from and what is done by design engineers in the industry to minimize them and increase the overall system efficiency? How are automotive systems modeled? What is the philosophy of a hybrid supervisory controller and how is it implemented?This course introduces the fascinating world of hybrid vehicles and shows what makes them so efficient. The instructor talks about why fuel economy is essential and why is it challenging to achieve. He introduces the science behind how hybrid transmissions help in improving the fuel economy of the vehicle. This course prepares an individual willing to join hybrid and electric vehicle design and development teams for what to expect. This course informs the learners of the activities that are performed in the industry to improve fuel economy and design a hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and electric vehicle. The concept of a hybrid supervisory controller is introduced and its implementation is discussed.A great beginner-level course that does not require any prerequisites and is easy to follow for audiences from non-automotive backgrounds.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 What is Fuel Economy?

Section 2: Why is Fuel Economy Important?

Lecture 2 Straight Money in our Pockets

Lecture 3 Less Dependence on Fossil Fuel

Lecture 4 Lower Carbon Emissions

Section 3: Why is Fuel Economy Challenging?

Lecture 5 Plethora of Electronics

Lecture 6 Humans train for Luxury!

Lecture 7 Faster and Stronger Cars

Section 4: Fascinating Hybrids

Lecture 8 My car

Section 5: Hybrid components and Powertrain Basics

Lecture 9 Engine and Motor Basics

Lecture 10 Powertrain Basics

Section 6: What makes a hybrid vehicle so fascinatingly different

Lecture 11 Cool Optimization Routines

Lecture 12 Opportunity to go green

Lecture 13 Regenerative Braking

Section 7: Inefficiencies in the system and component losses

Lecture 14 Where does all the energy go?

Lecture 15 Road Load Losses

Lecture 16 Motor Losses

Lecture 17 Battery Losses

Lecture 18 Charging System Losses

Lecture 19 Transmission Losses

Lecture 20 Brake Losses

Lecture 21 Engine Losses

Section 8: Introduction to Modeling of Automotive Systems

Lecture 22 Modeling of Automotive Systems

Section 9: Hybrid Supervisory Controller Philosophy and Implementation

Lecture 23 Hybrid Supervisory Controller

For college graduates and individuals who want to re-skill to work in hybrid and electric vehicle industry,For individuals who want to venture into zero operating emission automobiles and want to understand what the industry invests there efforts in,Automotive engineers willing to contribute in reversing rapid climate change by working on high fuel economy based solutions