Electric Drive System Design for Electric Vehicles bridges the gap between specialized research on electric vehicle (EV) electric drive system design principles and developing industry-driven solutions. It addresses best practices for ensuring the performance and reliability of EV electric drive systems, including battery, motor, and power electronic components.
Based on the author’s hands-on experience, the book takes a multidisciplinary approach to EV drive system design, combining electrical engineering, thermal design, mechanical engineering, and manufacturing expertise to deliver efficient, reliable, and high-performance solutions. It includes case studies and practical examples from the industry, reviewing state-of-the-art electric system technologies in current EVs such as Lucid, Tesla, Chevrolet, VW, Nissan, and more. Readers will also obtain insight into how fundamental physics plays a critical role in those technological advancements and innovations.
This book will benefit academic researchers and graduate students studying power electronic packaging and electric drive systems. It will also serve industry professionals involved in EV design and general power electronic system packaging.
Table of Contents:
1. Introduction to EV Electric Drive System. 2. EV Performance Characteristics and Electric Drive System. 3. EV Traction Motor and Thermal Design. 4. Battery System Packaging and Thermal Management. 5. Thermal Design of Power Electronic Components. 6. Power Electronic Packaging Interconnects and Thermo-mechanical Reliability. 7. EV Power Electronic System Vibration. 8. EMI in Electric Drive System. 9. Trends in EV Electric Drive System.
About the Author :
Yunqi Zheng has 20 years’ experience with system integration, design, and thermal/mechanical/electromagnetic design optimization on electric drive systems. Currently, Dr Zheng is a system engineer working on electric drive systems in Honeywell Aerospace Technologies, USA. She holds a PhD/MSc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland College Park, USA, and an MSc/BS in Engineering Mechanics from Tsinghua University, China. Dr Zheng was a core technical member contributing to the success of in-house power electronics design for an EV start-up. She was also one of the lead engineers for an ultra-small EV onboard charger system prototype. Previously, Dr Zheng was with GM Electrification, working on design/analysis and system integration for next-gen power inverter systems. She holds several patents and has written several publications.
