A university and semiconductor firm has a forged a partnership to help India meet its target of getting seven million hybrid and electric vehicles on the country’s roads by 2020.
A research laboratory in Puducherry, India, aims to help researchers develop all-solid state thin film lithium, bulk lithium, lithium-sulfur, lithium-air and flow batteries.
Pondicherry Central University researchers teamed up on a collaborative programme with US semiconductor firm Applied Materials, reported Indian newspaper, The Hindu.
The move comes as India’s government aims to meet targets set out in its National Electric Mobility Mission (NEMM), first mooted in 2013.
The scheme looks to promote the manufacture and sale of affordable electric vehicles.
The ‘High Energy Density Solid State Lithium Battery’ research and development project was started by the Department of Heavy Industry, Government of India.
