IIT Kharagpur develops indigenous technology for EVs sub-systems

IIT Kharagpur has developed indigenous technology for BLDC motor and smart controller for e-Rickshaws and transferred it for commercial production.

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has initiated a programme for Indigenous Development of Electric Vehicle Sub-systems. Under this programme, the Indian Institute Of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur) developed an indigenous, efficient, affordable and certified BLDC motor and smart controller for e-Rickshaws.

This technology is transferred to M/s Brushless Motor India Pvt Ltd. for commercial production in the presence of Alkesh Kumar Sharma, Secretary, Dr Jaideep Kumar Mishra, Additional Secretary, Smt Sunita Verma, Group Coordinator (R&D in Electronics), Dr Somnath Sengupta, IIT Kharagpur and Shri Om Krishan Singh, Scientist D, MeitY. The technology transfer has happened as part of Digital India Week which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 4, 2022, at Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

"Digital India has empowered people by making technology more accessible," said Prime Minister Modi while speaking at Digital India Week 2022 in Gandhinagar.

Most of EVs components and technology get imported into India

The official notification reads, "It is a fact that more than 90% of the components and its technology for Electric Vehicles (like motor/controller/ converter/Battery Management System/ Charger) are being imported in our country which are not suitable as per our environment, road and traffic conditions. Therefore, to address this challenge and to increase the local manufacturing, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has initiated a programme for Indigenous Development of Electric Vehicle Sub-systems. Initially, technology development for 2W/3W has been taken up as it contributes to more than 80% of the vehicles on our roads."

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