IIT-BHU develops new technology for charging electric vehicles

The team developed technology for on-board charger for vehicles, which costs about half of the current on-board charger technology. 

Scientists of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-BHU) Varanasi have developed a new technology for charging electric vehicles (EVs). In response to the government’s various policies to ease the rules of EVs charging stations, a 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 EVs. Giving information about the new technology, Rajeev Kumar Singh, chief project investigator of the Department of Electrical Engineering, said with the new technology developed in the institute, the cost of on-board charger can be reduced by about 50 per cent. This will also significantly reduce the cost of electric vehicles. The technology will be completely indigenous and will have a significant impact on driving electric vehicles on Indian roads in a big way. Lab scale development has already been done at IIT (BHU) and upgrade and commercialisation is in progress. Experts from IIT Guwahati and IIT Bhubaneswar have also collaborated for this technology development. Electric vehicles will be accessible to the general public. 

He said this research is financially supported by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India. This innovative technology of the institute will also contribute to the e-mobility mission of the government. With the help of this new technology, the charging infrastructure of vehicles in the country will be improved and the access of the general public to electric vehicles will be possible easily.  

Director of the Institute Pramod Kumar Jain said, “The developed technology will help in production of low-cost electric vehicles which will be beneficial for the common man. The techno-commercial, social, economic and environmental impact of technology will also be positive. The technology will improve charging infrastructure and support the government's mission to bring electric vehicles on Indian roads in a big way.” 

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