93743 - Vehicle Conceptual Design M

Academic Year 2025/2026

  • Moduli: Fabrizio Favaretto (Modulo 1) (Modulo 2)
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Electric Vehicle Engineering (cod. 5699)

Learning outcomes

Lectures aim at technically describing the overall layout, architecture and main functional systems of an Electric Vehicle (EV). The goal is the transmission of an integrated approach to the comprehension and design synthesis of EVs. Main contents are: definition of the architecture of a vehicle; Design activity flow: task clarification, conceptual design, embodiment design, detail design; historical evolution; graphic representation systems; body work (Body in White; Body Side; Fenders; Roof assembly; Front frame; Rear frame; compartment floor; closed bodies; spider, coupe and cabrio); body components (outer body components, weather strips, glass and mirrors, movable parts, windshield wiper, vehicle lighting and signalling); body interiors (restraint systems - safety belts; restraint system -- air-bag; dashboard cockpit - dashboard - console; interior trims; seats; air conditioning system).

Course contents

The course contents will be shortly published by the teacher to whom the teaching activity will be formally granted after completion of the ongoing procedures

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