KLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
GOKUL, HUBBALLI-27
DEPARTMENT OF
ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
ELECTRIC MOTOR &DRIVE SYSTEMS FOR
ELECTRIC VEHICLES
(BEE613D)
[VI SEMESTER,2025-26]
QUESTION BANK
MODULE 1
1. Briefly explain the evolution of electric vehicles and hybrid electric vehicles? (8M)
2. What is the role of tractive effort in vehicle movement? (6M)
3. How does rolling resistance affect vehicle performance? (6M)
4. Sketch and explain rolling resistance and aerodynamic drag in electric vehicle? (6M)
(JAN/FEB 2023)
5. Discuss briefly tractive effort in different representation in drive cycles? (7M) (JAN/FEB
2023)
6. Define aerodynamic drag and its impact on vehicle speed? (6M)
7. State & explain the dynamic equation of vehicle model? (10M)
8. What is tractive effort, and how is it generated in electric vehicles? (8M)
9. Sketch & explain the tractive effort gasoline engine powered vehicle with multispeed and
single speed transmission and its resistance? (10 M)
10. Define the maximum speed of a vehicle and the factors affecting it? (5M)
11. Define gradeability and its importance in vehicle performance? (6M)
12. Explain the concept of vehicle acceleration performance? (10M)
13. What are the factors affecting braking force?
14.What is the ideal braking force distribution between front and rear axles with necessary
equation? (10M)
MODULE – 2
1. Explain the configuration of electric vehicles with a neat sketch? (10M)
2. With a neat diagram explain the conceptual illustration of general EV configuration ?(8M)
3. With the neat diagram explain possible EV configuration?(8M)
4. Discuss the characteristics of traction motors used in electric vehicles? (6M)
5. Define tractive effort and mention the transmission requirements for EV? (6M)
6. Explain with the necessary equations how the performance of Electric vehicles is done?
(10M)
7. Analyse the performance characteristics of electric vehicles, focusing on factors
affecting energy consumption? (10M)
8. Explain the tractive effort in normal driving and its vehicle performance in EVS? (10M)
MODULE 3
1. What is the fundamental principle behind the operation of a DC motor?
2. Explain the speed characteristics of DC motors with the help of graph (10 M)
3. Explain the concept of Combined Armature Voltage in a DC motor. (6 to 8 M)
4. Explain the Field Control Method of a DC Motor. (6 M)
5. Explain Chopper Control of DC Motors with a suitable diagram. (8 M)
6. Explain the working principle of a Two-Quadrant Control using a Single Chopper with
a Reverse Switch for a DC motor. (8-10 M)
7. Describe the circuit diagram and operation of a single chopper with a reverse switch for
Two- Quadrant Control in DC motors. (6-8 M)
8. Explain the working principle of a Class C Two-Quadrant Chopper with a suitable
circuit diagram.(6 M)
9. Explain the mode of operation of a Class C Chopper in Quadrants I and II
with waveforms.(10 M)
10. What is the Four-Quadrant Control Method of a DC motor? Explain its
working principle.(6M)
11. Explain the working of a Four-Quadrant Chopper (Class E Chopper) used for DC
motor control with a circuit diagram.(10 M)
MODULE -4
1. Explain the basic operating principles of induction motor? (6M)
2. Explain the steady-state performance of induction motor? (6M)
3. Explain the constant V/f control of induction motor for its torque-speed characteristic
with relevant diagram? (12M)
4. With the help of block diagram discuss the role of power electronic control in induction
motor drives? (10M)
5. With the help of block diagram and XY and alpha beta frame plots, explain Field
Oriented Control (FOC) of induction motor drive (10M)
6. With a neat diagram explain direct rotor flux control of induction motor? (8M)
7. With a neat diagram explain indirect rotor flux control of induction motors? (8M)
8. Explain the voltage control in voltage source inverter? (8M)
9. Explain the current control in voltage source inverter? (8M)
MODULE -5
1. With a neat diagram, explain the speed control of the BLDC motor. (10M) (JAN-FEB 2023)
2. Explain the following controls schemes of a BLDC motor drive with the relevant block
diagram a
I) torque control scheme
3. II) Speed control scheme (08M) (JUNE/JULY 2023)
4. Give the classification of BLDC motors.
5. With a neat diagram, explain the construction of the BLDC motor.
6. Give the performance analysis of BLDC motors.
7. Explain the following control techniques of BLDC motors:
I) Methods Using Observers
II) Methods using Back EMF Sensing
7. With a neat diagram, explain switched reluctance motor drive.
8. Explain with a neat diagram the basic magnetic structure of a SRM.
9. Explain the concept of torque production in SRMs.
10. Explain the various methods of control:
I)Phase Flux Linkage Method
II)Mutually Induced Voltage Method
III)Observer Based Methods
IV)Self-tuning using an Artificial Neural Network
