Mangaluru: The internal development of electric vehicles in Nit-K (Kethkal) has received shots in the arms with advanced alumni to help financial initiatives.
Nit-K has developed an original electric vehicle and places them to be used in a large way, especially two-wheeled, to make campus environmentally friendly by reducing air and sound pollution.
Now, Alumi from a collection of 1970 and 1981 has advanced to provide further encouragement to the EV revolution on campus.
The Nit-K team has released several micro e-mobility vehicles such as e-scooter, mini-scooter, vidyug series e-bike especially for campus use.
The e-cycle of the same series has been baptized as Vidhyug 3.0.
Panduria Vittal K, Professor of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronic Nit-K, and former Dean alumni affair, told TI that some alumni had shown interest in funding EV businesses.
“Alumni will fund every EV project.
This is separate, they also plan to fund several other projects in Nit-K,” he added.
Pruthviraj U, Assistant Professor, WR and OE, Nit-K, said E-Cycle Vidhyug 3.0 was developed as a pilot study with funding from Batch 1981 alumni.
Describing its features, Pruthviraj said the e-cycle was powered by a brushless DC motorbike at first (on at Pilot round).
It will run on lithium-ion batteries.
Motor strength and typical battery are 250W and 36V.
In addition, iris (integrated resources and information sharing, the system developed by NIT-K students) system has been integrated into e-cycle.
The GPS module will allow users to track its location on campus.
Also, students will be able to unlock and use e-cycles by scanning the QR code.
This code will also help know the user and use (in hours).
Furthermore, the DC Brushless motorbike is planned to be replaced by replacing a reluctant motorbike.
At present, one prototype has been developed.
Given the charging requirements, solar farms are planned to be built, complete with EV charging stations assisted by solar to encourage the acquisition and use of plug-in vehicles.
“The 1970-batch alumni have assured us with 18 lakh RS donations to support this business,” Pruthviraj said.