How an Engineering student can start a career in the EV field company

In this blog, we are going to see a two-in-one concept, sounds different... yes! I picked up two questions that will be really interesting to know. 

Firstly What kind of components are used in an electric car and here comes the main one "How an Engineering student can start a career in the EV field company"

This question will definitely be raised in every single engineering student who is really fond of the Automobile industry.

An engineering graduate or engineering student can learn the basic concepts which are required to build an electric vehicle and to do some study on that. This topic talks about how students can learn more about EVs and do more projects based on that.

"Building their own project"

Students must start to do projects based on EV in college days, this will help them in hands-on experience and there are staffs to guide them through it. Here making a project will require a lot of knowledge and understanding of vehicle design and this will tune their conceptual knowledge.

Main components of electric vehicle :

1.Motor 

Where the electrical energy is generated as mechanical energy using a motor.

2. Reducer

Reduces the motor's RPM to generate the appropriate level of force. 

3. Battery

Which stores the energy.

4. Electric Power Control Unit  ( EPCU )

The Electrical Power Control Unit (EPCU) is an efficient integration of nearly all devices that control the flow of the electric power in the vehicle, simply we can say it is the brain of the car, which consists of the inverter, the Low voltage DC-DC Converter (LDC) where LDC means DC-DC step-down converters basically take a higher input voltage and converts it to a lower output voltage, and the Vehicle Control Unit (VCU).

All these above components will also applicable for E-Bikes.

So, from my point of view engineering students from AUTOMOBILE, MECHANICAL, MECHATRONICS, CHEMICAL, EEE, and ECE department are having a great opportunity to learn because you may wonder why am I including all those engineering means, Manufacturing of Lithium on cells, Manufacturing/Assembly of Battery Packs, Recycling of Batteries will need a  Chemical engineer.

Developing algorithms for Battery Management System (BMS), Making lot Modules for sharing real-time data generated by EV, Using Al to improve the efficiency of BMS will need a EEE or some computer-based engineer.

Making of Thermal Systems, Vehicle, and Parts Design and Manufacturing, Working on motors, Quality Control, Testing of Battery Packs. Developing wiring harnesses for multifold functions in the EV Charging solutions, etc will need an Automobile or Mechanical engineer.

Developing firmware for Battery Management System, Developing an Infotainment system, Manufacturing and installing sensors in the vehicle, Power electronics will need an ECE engineer.

Making of Robotics for parts assembly, Powertrain component of the car, and some E-Circuits will need a Mechatronics engineer. 

So, as I said learn more grow more, I think you have got an idea about it!

That's it for today's blog, Feel free to share your opinions on the comment session.

A Blog by KK.