TRACK 03 / Beginners · school & college learners
See how battery energy becomes motion.
WHAT TO EXPECT
A four-hour, hardware-led workshop where students explore a real EV powertrain, watch it come together, and apply what they learn in a team design challenge.
THE WORKSHOP IDEA
One real drivetrain anchors the entire session. Students touch the parts, predict what each one does, watch the system come together, and follow energy all the way to motion.
Power path
Students see how the accelerator tells the controller how much power the motor needs.
THE PROGRAMME FLOW
Students meet the hardware before the slides. They handle each part, decide what it might do, and identify the engine, energy store, accelerator, controller, and safety system.
A fast, question-led story connects the first automobiles and early EVs to petrol, diesel, the modern EV revival, and India’s changing mobility landscape.
A water-tank analogy turns electrical terms into something students can see: voltage is pressure, current is flow, the motor is a water wheel, and the battery stores usable energy.
The instructor connects the drivetrain one component at a time. Students predict each part’s role before the system is powered and the throttle spins the motor.
After seeing the drivetrain work, students compare brushed and brushless motors and inspect the rotor, magnets, windings, bearings, and available Hall sensors.
Students physically arrange demonstration cells to see how one cell scales into a pack, then use series and parallel layouts to understand voltage, capacity, and energy.
The class retraces the complete signal and energy path—from a foot on the throttle to the wheel—then explores charging and how regenerative braking turns a motor into a generator.
Teams choose the parts for a simple vehicle brief, explain their decisions, and finish with a rapid quiz and a short team presentation.
Students finish by using the complete system—not isolated facts—to make and explain an EV design decision.
LIVE DEMONSTRATION LAB
Demonstrations are selected to suit the available training hardware and the age group in the room.
Spin the motor, connect the controller, and vary the throttle.
Reverse the motor and see how electronic control changes direction.
Compare input voltage with the motor’s visible response.
Use motor KV ratings to discuss two competing design goals.
Find MOSFETs, capacitors, and the heat sink inside an ESC.
Follow the constant-current and constant-voltage charging stages.
Use a multimeter to check battery voltage and continuity.
Inspect a deliberately incorrect, unpowered connection.
SAFE HARDWARE PRACTICEBattery-pack concepts are taught with protected demonstration hardware and instructor supervision. Students arrange and inspect components; they do not weld live cells or fabricate high-energy packs.
WHAT STUDENTS TAKE AWAY
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