This landmark tie-up will aim to achieve the following objectives:

1.            CoBE will work towards understanding various battery issues and challenges in various areas of applications. It will also undertake high quality research projects to overcome these challenges.

2.            It will focus on the physics part of the battery technology as against other research units working on newer chemistries of the batteries. CoBE will target to work upon Battery Engineering and thorough characterisation of batteries via detailed testing, optimising battery performance for different applications and work towards better economics.

3.            CoBE will collaborate with various cell manufacturers from across the world, procure cells and characterise them to create a knowledge centre on available cells, providing industry with valuable data to select appropriate solutions.

4.            It will study the impact of partial charge-discharge cycles with varying depths of discharge and operating temperatures on battery life.

5.            It will work on developing the next generation of smart battery chargers and Battery Management protocols. By working on the design configurations, and packaging cells into modules differently, optimisation studies on batteries for different lifetime for different applications will be undertaken.

Additionally, CoBE will play a larger role of coordinating synergy among various industry partners to develop a holistic cooperation model across entire value chain of EV Batteries.

It will also be doing consulting for Ashok Leyland as well as others in niche and IPR-intensive areas where there is a need for in-depth testing and development, including simulations.

Through this partnership, Ashok Leyland aims to support the EV ecosystem at a national level to bring the industry up to speed considering the limited skills in the country as on date.

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