One Day Visit To Centre For Automotive Research and Tribology Lab at IIT Delhi
11th April, 2025
ISTE Student Chapter, Dronacharya Group of Institutions, Greater Noida organized a visit to “Centre for Automative Research and Tribology Lab” at IIT Delhi on 11th April, 2025. EEE Department Students along with faculty memberDr.Anirban Mishra visited the CART Lab.
The widespread adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) will play a critical role in decarbonizing the transportation sector as the nation moves toward net-zero emissions. Recent announcements from automakers and the federal government, as well as provisions in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021, aim to stimulate EV deployment, and ongoing technology improvements continue to make EVs a more affordable and practical option. However, many challenges remain to meet the needs of all buyers and drivers and to ensure that manufacturing supply chains and the electric system can support this large-scale transformation.
Dr. Saurabh Saxena (Assistant Professor& Lab-Incharge), CART, IIT Delhi briefed the students about the challenges in EV Charging Infrastructure. The visit provided an overview of EV Ecosystem, Battery technology, Power Electronics and drives for Electric Mobility and Charging Infrastructure.
The following sections provide factual summaries of the one day visit:
Battery Technology
Batteries are the most critical component for enabling electric mobility. At CART, work is on a variety of battery research topics to play a leading role in India's energy transition. Supported by a team of experienced faculty members and graduate students and state-of-the-art battery testing facilities, they are investigating next-generation battery materials even beyond Lithium-ion, models to describe cell electrical characteristics for system integration, testing methods to accelerate cell qualification, machine learning-enabled algorithms for online health management, and strategies for efficient and reliable pack design and reuse.
Power Electronics and drives for Electric Mobility
The focus is on the design and development of high-power density power electronics converters, onboard chargers, machines for electric vehicles, power train technology and various controllers for drives and converters. Development of various novel control algorithms for converters and motor drives is one of the key focus at present. The future plan is for the development of fuel cell-based electric buses in association with various industry partners.
Charging Infrastructure
A great emphasis is given for the design and development of Level1, Level2 chargers, Fast DC chargers, battery swapping stations etc. Researchers are also involved in the development of various intelligent algorithms for the placement of fast charging stations and battery swapping stations in a distribution network. They are also looking into the Grid issues pertaining to the higher penetration of EVs.
Students of EEE Department visited these three labs and experienced the practical exposure in the field of electric vehicle charging infrastructure.