the nascent ev industry will shift most of the automotive engineer jobs to electrical engineers says rayudu designing effective solutions for electric vehicles evs is a future career builder for power engineers says indian academic ramesh rayudu teaching in victoria university of wellington new zealandthe future of electric vehicles evs in the world is bright with clear pathways from both government and industry says ramesh rayudu senior lecturer school of engineering and computer science victoria university of wellington he adds our work has predicted that around 25 of transportation involving cars motor bikes scooters cars trucks and autos in india will be electric by 2030 the intake is less now about 2000 vehicles but a lot is being done in two and threewheeler technologies that would increase the uptake advt the nascent ev industry will shift most of the automotive engineer jobs to electrical engineers says rayudu what is required are new policies and pricing possibly there could be new ev companies such as tesla challenging the traditional car companies going by the need for sustainable development the employability prospects for future graduates in this field are limitless from ev engineers to policy makers and ev technicians he sayscoursescourses in electrical machines power electronics and control systems can be derived from the traditional eee curriculum but need to be upgraded to incorporate elements relevant to evs says rayudu that besides students in this field need to specialise in drivetrains battery technologies and management along with renewable energy options masters and phd students should focus on renewable energy re solutions the re domain which is everevolving and increasingly multidisciplinary offers ample intellectual stimulation since students can blend traditional electrical engineering skills with data mining and analysis computer science artificial intelligence physics mathematics and design are electric vehicles viable evs have lesser parts than traditional cars and hence would eliminate the cumbersome repairs and servicing they are also quieter and have no exhaust fumes as opposed to fossil fuel based cars evs need batterychanging every few years and can be expensive presently there is no onroad infrastructure for refueling as in petroldiesel evs cannot be charged in five minutes as with fossil fuel cars careersfrom electric vehicles to solar and wind power and microgrids the future of energy is renewable and it is hard to think of a more rewarding field for a student to enter says rayudu everevolving and increasingly multidisciplinary the field provides endless intellectual stimulation their research and the cuttingedge skills and knowledge acquired will be in demand around the world not only in the energy generation transmission and distribution industries but also in government bodies notforprofit organisations and energy retailers rayudu adds advt he informs further the students i teach at victoria university of wellington often struggle to choose between job offers when they graduate apart from being recruited as regular design engineers their career prospects are in the field of data and embedded systems and in control protection policy and engineering management