New initiative from IIT (M)

Chennai : IITM Research Park’s Centre of Excellence in Battery Engineering and Electric Vehicles (CBEEV), announced the launch of its high efficiency Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor (PMSM) Electric Motor & Controller for E-Autos, tailor-made for Indian temperature conditions & terrains.A press release said that this indigenously developed PMSM Electric Motor & Controller was launched by Alkesh Kumar Sharma, Secretary to Government of India, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), in the presence of Sunita Verma, Group Coordinator (R&D in Electronics), MeitY, Ashok Jhunjhunwala, IIT Madras Research Park and Om Krishan Singh, Scientist D, MeitY.Designed and developed by CBEEV, the motor was supported by technology partner Motorz and was funded by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Govt of India under the programme on “Indigenous development of Electric Vehicle Sub-systems”.Ashok Jhunjhunwala, President – IIT Madras Research Park, IITM Incubation Cell & RTBI, said, “In India for a product to be successful, it has to be less expensive and better in performance than imported ones. Our 5KW PMSM motor is superior to imported motors in terms of efficiency and smoothness in drive. We have transferred the know how to our manufacturing partner, Alphasine Technologies. They will manufacture it at scale in a cost-effective manner.”