Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Engineering Academy
Upon completion of the academy, participants will be able to:
- Define and differentiate HEV, PHEV, EREV, and BEV architectures and describe their major components and system-level integration
- Analyze vehicle power and energy requirements and evaluate energy consumption over representative driving cycles
- Describe the functions and architecture of a Battery Management System (BMS), including sensing, control, cell balancing, communication, and protection
- Explain battery state estimation, including State of Charge (SOC), State of Energy (SOE), State of Health (SOH), State of Power (SOP), and other SOX variables
- Describe the operating principles and characteristics of major electric traction machines and interpret torque-speed, power, and efficiency characteristics for HEV and EV applications
- Explain the operation of major power-electronic systems, including inverters, DC/DC converters, and associated semiconductor technologies
- Compare lithium-ion cell chemistries and formats and describe battery design from the cell and module level through complete pack and cell-to-pack architectures
- Determine battery pack power and energy requirements based on vehicle performance, range, and driving-cycle requirements
- Describe EV charging architectures, interfaces, protocols, infrastructure, and DC fast-charging considerations
- Compare key safety, testing, regulatory, and industry standards applicable to lithium-ion batteries, high-voltage vehicle systems, and EV charging
- Identify major battery and high-voltage system failure modes and describe fault-detection, sensing, diagnostic, and protection methodologies
- Describe battery, motor, inverter, and vehicle thermal-management approaches and explain their impact on performance, efficiency, safety, durability, and NVH
- Explain how the battery, BMS, electric machine, power electronics, charging, HV/LV electrical, and thermal systems are integrated within a complete electrified vehicle
The Hybrid & Electric Vehicle Engineering Academy provides a comprehensive, system-level understanding of modern vehicle electrification. The curriculum connects vehicle architecture and power and energy requirements with battery technology and pack design, BMS, power electronics, electric machines, charging, safety and regulations, fault diagnostics, thermal management, NVH, and complete vehicle integration. By connecting component-level engineering principles with vehicle-level requirements, participants develop a broader understanding of how the major electrified systems interact to influence vehicle performance, efficiency, safety, durability, and overall system design.
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