Electric Mobility for Sustainable Grids, Cities and Society

About

The electrification of transportation is one of the cross-sectoral megatrends of our time, playing a crucial role in the green energy transition of cities and the energy sector. However, this transformation does not come without challenges, not only requiring the advancement of new technologies, new markets, and new businesses, but also the reinvention of our relation with mobility systems, transport, and its infrastructure.

This course will take students on a journey to the multifaced world of electric mobility, touching subjects such as global technology trends, e-mobility market and its actors, impacts and synergies with the power grid, interoperability and connectivity challenges, societal aspects and the relations of users with the EV and with the charging infrastructure, technical approaches and solutions for smart charging, regulation, e-mobility policies, and city-level mobility decision-making.

The course is a collaborative initiative offered by LUT University’s Laboratory of Electricity Markets and Power Systems and the Kempower Electric Mobility Research Center (EMRC). The lectures are provided by in-house and invited subject matter experts from industry, academia, and local government.

Course leader

Gonçalo Mendes, Ph.D. (LUT University), Ville Tikka, Senior Expert, D.Sc. (LUT University)

Target group

Suitable for B.Sc. and M.Sc.

Course aim

The main objectives of the course are:

• To increase the understanding of different topics around electric transportation and mobility
• To raise awareness to the multifaceted nature of the societal challenge of transport electrification
• To inspire and motivate students towards the green transition and the role electric transportation can play in it
• To develop the ability for critical thinking among students
• To enhance the students’ teamwork and presentation skills

The core topics of the course are as follows:

• Key challenges and macrotrends in the e-mobility sector
• User and societal aspects of e-mobility
• Overview of the e-mobility market and its actors
• Innovative solutions for smart EV charging
• Grid integration of EVs, its impacts and synergies
• Major e-mobility policies and its targets
• Technology landscape in the e-mobility industry
• E-mobility roll-out and decision-making in cities

Evaluation:
Pass/Fail
0-100%

To be eligible to pass, the students must:
• Participate in all activities in the work program.
• Participate in the peer review of students’ group work.

Prerequisites:
Due to the multidisciplinary nature of the course, there are no prerequisite requirements in terms of qualifications. Course is suitable for students with different backgrounds with some technical interest - including students from business and the social sciences.
However, students are expected to go through the study materials that have been provided as preparation and independent knowledge consolidation work

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