Electric Cars

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Electric Cars provided by edX is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 17 weeks long, 4-5 hours a week. Electric Cars is taught by Margot Weijnen, Auke Hoekstra, Gautham Ram, Marnix Wagemaker, Roland Steinmetz, Rick Wolbertus, Frank Rieck, Bert van Wee, Bert Klerk, Rolf Künneke, Zofia Lukszo and Pavol Bauer. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from edX. The course is taught in Englishand is $396.00. Visit the course page at edX for detailed price information.

Overview
  • Electric vehicles are the future of transportation. Electric mobility has become an essential part of the energy transition strategy and will result in significant changes for vehicle manufacturers, governments, companies and individuals.

    In this program, you will be given a comprehensive view of electric mobility. You will gain knowledge of the most important aspects of this new market, including state-of-the-art technology of electric vehicles and charging infrastructure; profitable business models that can work for enterprises in this market; and effective policies for governmental bodies, which will accelerate the uptake of electric mobility. This series of four courses will deliver expertise you can apply to all aspects of electric mobility as its importance grows. It will help policy makers, engineers and fleet managers to make sound strategic decisions about e-mobility products and their implications.

    This program was co-developed by Dutch Innovation Centre for Electric Road Transport (Dutch-INCERT) and TU Delft and is taught by experts from both the industry and academia, who share their knowledge and insights.

Syllabus
  • Courses under this program:
    Course 1: Electric Cars: Introduction

    Get a basic understanding of electric cars and learn about leading technologies, development of profitable business models and effective policies.



    Course 2: Electric Cars: Technology

    Get an in-depth understanding of the technology behind electric cars.



    Course 3: Electric Cars: Business

    Get an in-depth understanding of varied profitable business models for electric cars.



    Course 4: Electric Cars: Policy

    Learn about the role of public policy in steering technological innovation and infrastructural change toward zero-emission mobility.