Electric vehicle lab set up

Mahindra Ecole Centrale(MEC), based at Hyderabad has set up an Electric Vehicle Technology (EVT) laboratory on its campus. This lab will work towards scientific and technological aspect of green and clean mobility. Students from all streams of Engineering at MEC will work on the design, development and testing of electric vehicles. 

The EVT lab will mainly focus on aspects of mechanical, electrical and embedded systems. Under the mechanical segment, the laboratory will focus on Thermal Management Systems for batteries, testing facility to analyse and optimize the battery characteristics under different running conditions, development of robust battery management system, transmission system of an EV, methods of recycling and reuse of spent battery, new materials to serve as catalyst of Li-ion battery and new energy source technology for EVs. 

“Electric Vehicles are the future and so are fast charging Li-Ion batteries (this year’s Nobel Prize winning topic in Chemistry) as well as energy sources to power these vehicles” , said Dr. Yajulu Medury, Director, Mahindra Ecole Centrale— TNS