Kurukshetra : Four B.Tech students of the Instrumentation Department of Kurukshetra University Ayush Anand, Deepanshu, Pushparaj Arya of the final year and B.Tech third year student Aniket have designed an electric car inaugurated by Vice Chancellor Prof. Somnath Sachdeva on Saturday. This project is the result of the hard work of the students who have created history by building an electric car at a low cost of Rs 70,000 while preserving the environment. According to Prof. Surinder Singh the head of the department, Android based display and MID display have been used in the electric car which displays the car’s speed, battery percentage, charging status, door lock-unlock and gear mode. A two kilowatt BLDC motor has been used in the electric car. A solar panel has been installed on it, which will run the lights, blower and fan in the car.
The Vice Chancellor inaugurated the EV car by cutting the ribbon and the Vice Chancellor Prof. Som Nath Sachdeva and other officials also took a ride in the said talking to media persons said that promoting research, innovation, entrepreneurship and self-reliance is the priority of Kurukshetra University. The university has formed two incubation centers, startup, employment generation center, center for training, internship and employment cell to promote startup and entrepreneurship for self-employment in the interest of students has shown good results. He said that the students have prepared this project under the guidance of the Head of Department Dr. Surendra Singh and Technical Support by Suresh Ahlawat. Registrar Prof. Sanjeev Sharma encouraged the students by taking a successful test drive of the project car. On this occasion, Dean Academic Affairs Prof. Anil Vashisht, Prof. Sunil Dhingra, Prof. DS Rana, Dr. Surendra Singh, Vice Chancellor’s OSD Dr. Pawan Rohilla and other members were present.
The department head said that the EV car has been prepared in six months at a cost of Rs 70 thousand. He said that the EV car has been made by the students from scrap material, in which an attempt has also been made to make it a smart car by giving digital display. Even when the car is braked, the battery gets charged by the regenerative braking system. In future, the students of the department will convert it into a solar car and work more on regenerative braking and will also get it patented under the guidance of the University Vice Chancellor.
