IIT BHU researchers develop new tech to charge electric vehicles that can slash the price of EVs in half
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IIT BHU researchers have developed a new technology to charge electric vehicles. Know more about the new technology that can slash the price of new EVs in half here.
IIT BHU researchers have developed a new technology to charge electric vehicles in a path-breaking initiative. The demand for electric vehicles and innovation related to the same have shot up in India and researchers have responded to the various policies by the government to ease the rules of EVs charging stations.
The team of researchers from the Department of Electrical Engineering at the institute developed a new technology for on-board charger for vehicles, which costs about half of the current on-board charger technology.
Using this technique will reduce the cost of two and four-wheeler electric vehicles.
Dr. Rajeev Kumar Singh, Associate Professor and Chief Project Investigator of the Department of Electrical Engineering said, “The rising prices of petrol and diesel in the country is a worrisome for the common man.”
“Amidst the rising cost of petroleum products and rising pollution levels, electric vehicles (EVs) are the best alternative to conventional IC engines but lack of high power off board charging infrastructure forces automakers to incorporate onboard chargers into the vehicle itself,” he said.
“The vehicle owner can charge the vehicles through the outlet and hence, this leads electric vehicles become very expensive.”
The professor informed that with the new technology developed in the institute, the cost of on-board charger can be reduced by about 50%.
