Taking the National Institute of Technology-Calicut (NIT-C) ahead in Electric Vehicle (EV) research, an EV Technology Research and Collaboration Lab (E-TRAC Lab) was inaugurated at the institute on (July 19) Friday. The research lab, a joint venture between the Centre for Electric Vehicle Engineering (CEVE) at the NIT-C and Tata Elxsi, would be a milestone in EV research and innovation, a press release said here. NIT-C Director Prasad Krishna and Tata Elxsi vice president and transportation business unit head S. Shaju inaugurated the collaborative venture. Tata Elxsi had made the largest investment in NIT-C ever by an industry, said Prof. Krishna. The collaboration would help students and research scholars advance their research in EV, which was the future of transportation, he added.

Source: The Hindu July 20, 2024 07:20 UTC