President Pranab Mukherjee launched Indias most technologically advanced EV chargers, developed by Ampere, a Coimbatore based company, at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, today."Ampere has been incubating innovations for promoting indigenous manufacturing, in sync with the governments Make-in-India initiative, for reducing the cost of the vehicle for its end-users. 

Therefore, for a battery to remain in good condition, it is important to use it efficiently."An Ampere charger is unique as it uses microcontroller-based intelligent battery charger system, which facilitates automatic shut down after full charge, over temperature shutdown with auto recovery, short circuit protection with auto recovery, overload protection, etc.

TDB identified Amperes excellence in R&D and partly funded the companys EV chargers project. This will go a long way in reducing the overall price of the vehicles, while boosting indigenous manufacturing in the country.The government and industry unison towards the movement has begun with the initiative of manufacturing of EV parts and accessories, besides other policy related reforms. 

TDB plays a proactive role by encouraging enterprises to take up technology oriented products. "On account of indigenous manufacturing, the price of an EV charger will be reduced by 15% as sales volume increases", said Hemalatha.He described infrastructure as critical and that it must be addressed to make the green mobility paradigm a reality in India.Existing chargers, which are imported, are not equipped to handle Indian power and voltage fluctuations, and are expensive too." The Ampere chargers will potentially enhance the life of batteries, thereby reducing the running cost of electric vehicles in the long run. It provides equity capital or loans to industrial concerns and China electric water heater faucet Manufacturers financial assistance to research and development institutions at simple interest rates.

The Ampere electrical vehicle chargers project has been partly funded by Technology Development Board (TDB), Ministry of Science and Technology, as a part of the Make-in-India initiative, while giving thrust to the budding EV industry. For Indian environmental conditions and battery protection, active chargers using micro-controllers with automated features were needed. Ultimately, the objective is to translate maximum value to our customers who trust our products.