Electric Vehicle Training Courses - A beginner's guide

The worldwide automobile industry has put a high-level priority on skilled labour and technical experts since the first Industrial Revolution. Since the commencement of the Electric Vehicle Revolution a decade ago, the situation hasn't changed much. Electric Vehicle engineers, technicians, researchers, and labourers needed in every country, including major electrical automobile manufacturing giants like the UK and EU. However, due to the limits of present academic curricula in electric vehicle production, battery management systems, and charging infrastructure, EV enthusiasts and academicians got left with little choice but to pursue their own Electric Vehicle training. In India, numerous independent institutes offer complete Electric Vehicle courses to students and professionals. Here's a step-by-step guide to navigating India's EV industrial training market.   

Independent certification institutes such as the Automotive Skills Development Council (ASDC), the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI), and the Staff Training and Research Institute have been certified by the government and public institutions (CSTARI).

The following information about Electric Vehicle Training Courses might assist EV experts and hopefuls determine which learning alternatives are appropriate for the business.

Categories of EV Training Courses:

• Electric Vehicle Degree Programmes 
• Electric Vehicle Internships and Co-ops
• Electric VehicleCertification Programmes
• EV Research & Development Programmes

Degree Programs in Electric Vehicles

The formal degree programmes in EV manufacturing, design, and business are available to students seeking academic approval in the electric vehicle sector. Engineering Universities such as IIT-Madras and IIT-Delhi have established their EV mobility research centres, giving students additional hands-on experience with the field's ongoing research.  However, only a few elite universities have research facilities for hybrid vehicles and better grid or charging infrastructure. Almost none of them offer AICTE or UGC-approved courses.

While some schools, such as Chitkara University, Amrita University, and GISE, provide degree programmes in electric vehicle training and most of them are considered Universities or institutions. To sum up, the proposed electric vehicle curriculum has yet to obtain final clearance from the NSDF (National Skill Development Federation) or the AICTE in India.

Internships and Co-ops in Electric Vehicles

Students interested in pursuing further education in the Electric Vehicle business might participate in Electric Vehicle Internships and industrial co-ops due to a lack of career possibilities. Students who have had little or no prior exposure to electric vehicle training courses can benefit from such programmes. Electric Vehicle Internships provide students with a taste of the EG community while also assisting them in deciding on a future specialisation.

Certification Programs for Electric Vehicles

Electric Vehicle Certification Programs provide the most up-to-date information to EV enthusiasts. Aspirants who have completed some basic Electric Vehicle Training as a crash course, internship, or co-op are generally eligible for these courses. The majority of the Electric Vehicle training courses are looking to improve the employability or expanding the knowledge of Electric Vehicle professionals and enthusiasts. Famous institutions such as NPTEL, Autobot India, SAE-India, and many other online platforms like Coursera and Udemy provide such certification courses/programs, with batches running all year.

Availability of free or paid online courses on many platforms which students could take to gain in-depth knowledge about EV's. Here's a complete guide for the various platforms on which the EV related are available:

Udemy

Various courses on electric vehicles are available on various learning platforms like Udemy taught by the top industry instructors around the world. It is available at your own pace, with lifetime access on mobile and desktop.

NPTEL

 NPTEL- (National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning ) provides E-learning through online Web and Video courses in various streams. Seven Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT Bombay, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras, and Roorkee), and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), collaborated to develop engineering and science academic content. The video content is available in MPEG-4, Flv, 3gp formats. They are accessible freely through the YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/iit. Web contents and access to embedded video lectures are available free of cost on youtube through the website http://nptel.ac.in. There are courses available on Ntpel with the name NOC: Fundamentals on electric vehicles: Technology and NOC: Electric Vehicles & Economics under the electrical engineering course section. Everyone can access the course through its website ntpel.ac.in or through youtube.

TU Delft- Delft University of Technology Courses

The Delft University of Technology, also known as TU Delft, is the largest and oldest Dutch public technical university, located in Delft, the Netherlands, which provides free online courses. It also provides a course on electric vehicles, which focuses on the technology behind electric cars. This university offers you the best courses to explore the working of electric vehicles and future trends in the development of electric cars. These courses comprise video lectures, presentations, and exercises, which all get supported by real-world case studies from projects in the Netherlands.

Coursera

There is a course related to Electric Vehicles and Mobility available on the Coursera platform. This course will teach how to assess, examine, and apply the components of engineering science, sociology, environmental science, political science, economics, and management science to implement the diffusion of electric vehicles in areas where they are helpful. The lecturers in the lecture videos talk in French, but their presentation is in English, and English subtitles are available. This MOOC ( massive online open course) is the English version of Mobilités et véhicules électriques.

Autobot Academy 

The world's first blended learning platform specialised in EV technology called Autobot Academy offers industry-relevant professional certification courses to transform engineer's skills and careers in the electric vehicles industry globally. But it provides a paid online course, so you can spend the required amount of fee and enrol yourself in the course on their website.

Programmes and Conventions for the Development of Industrial Knowledge

In India, electric vehicle communities are a newer and under-explored concept. The corporate community can drive collective learning activities in the Electric Vehicle industry through Knowledge Development Programmes (KIPs) and Conventions. Themes are getting matched with brainstorming sessions, seminars by industry professionals, research paper recitations on the newest technical breakthroughs, and practical problem-solving sessions at KIPs and Conventions. Recently, only a few universities, such as ARAI and Autobot India, provide such programmes.

Specialisations in Electric Vehicle Training Courses

- Electric Vehicle Powertrain Design and Fabrication

- Battery Management Systems

- EV charging Infrastructure Technology

- Electric Vehicle Design ( Mechanical and Embedded Systems)

 Some specialisation courses in India are available in which students, professionals, business enthusiasts enrol to gain in-depth Electric Vehicle training.

Courses abroad

Unlike India, other countries have started earlier to build up their capacity to cope up with EVs. Many universities such as the University of Bath(Uk), University of South Wales (UK), Georgian College (Canada), Southern Illinois University Carbondale (USA), College of Southern Nevada (USA), University of Bradford (UK) provide graduate, undergraduate as well as  PhD courses to students in vehicle engineering with a duration between 1-4 years to

prepare the upcoming generation for future industries.

Why is there a need to take EV courses?

EV skills are required to mitigate high unemployment rates. One of the causes causing greater unemployment is a scarcity of such talents. It would be like putting the waggon before the horse if we didn't have enough competent people before EVs hit the roads in huge numbers. As we know, Current engineering and technology courses do not provide industry-ready EV capabilities. Academicians may work on revising the course content to reflect the aforementioned specialisations to promote India's budding electric vehicle revolution. The change to EV-centric courses, on the other hand, necessitates tight collaboration between academics and industry to accelerate the transition to e-mobility. Fortunately, reliable stakeholders in the sector are already providing appropriate EV-aligned courses and skilling programmes. These would not only help to improve domestic production, but they will also help to create jobs, which is something that is desperately needed.

EV skilling programmes will also act as a tailwind for EV adoption across India. In India's 2030 SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals), electric vehicles are critical for reducing carbon emissions. EV skilling programmes, however, should be ramped up significantly to reach India's ambitious target of 30% e-mobility in the automotive industry by 2030. While range anxiety and charging infrastructure remain impediments to EV adoption, the right skills can help overcome some of these shortcomings. If this occurs, India's 2030 EV objective will always be on track to meet.

Government initiatives 

EVI 

The Electric Vehicles Initiative (EVI) is a multi-government policy forum aimed at accelerating the acceptance and implementation of electric vehicles. The Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM), a high-level interaction of Energy Ministers from the world's leading countries, established EVI. Canada, Chile, China, Finland, France, Germany, India, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, and the United Kingdom are among the fifteen countries that now participate in EVI. There are many campaigns, programmes & declarations like the EV30@30 campaign, The EVI Global EV Pilot City Programme (EVI-PCP), Government Fleet Declaration under the EVI.

MSME- (PPDC) Meerut

Apart from multiple initiatives undertaken by the Government of India to promote manufacturing and adoption of electric vehicles in India, the Government of India has also taken initiatives in launching online training programmes to prepare the students for upcoming future industries. PPDC Meerut has launched an online training programme for supporting the Indian government's "National electric mobility initiative." With this programme, anyone can learn how to set up a public charging station and come forward to do so. Any ITI or Diploma or 10+2 in any stream having working Experience with Minimum age of 18 years will be available to take up this e-learning course and enrollment in live interactive class sessions of EV.

Conclusion 

The future of our Electric Vehicle industry is full of dynamic opportunities for both technical and non-technical aspirants. Students and professionals interested in learning more about the numerous options in electric mobility should enrol in Electric Vehicle training courses regularly to meet their needs. Such programmes assist them in staying informed about the current national market and the industry's latest application-based technical advancements. The programmes described above provide a plethora of opportunities for any eager aspirant in this ever-expanding field.                       

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