Servotech & IIT Roorkee Team Up for Rectifier Units of CCS2 Chargers for EVs

Servotech & IIT Roorkee Team Up for Rectifier Units of CCS2 Chargers for Electric Vehicles

Servotech Power Systems Ltd. (SPSL), an EV charger manufacturer has recently signed two MOUs with IIT Roorkee to develop state-of-the-art rectifier units for CCS2 chargers and onboard EV chargers for two, three and four wheelers. 

The onboard charger for electric vehicles is compact and lightweight charger designed to be mounted directly on the two, three and four wheelers, eliminating the need for a separate charger and enhancing the convenience and user-friendliness of electric vehicles. 

Raman Bhatia, MD of Servotech Power Systems said, “The two, three and four wheelers charger market of India unfolds as a significant yet untapped territory. With an influx of Chinese components dominating the current scenario, Servotech expands itself as the leading OEM supplier of onboard chargers specifically designed for Indian electric vehicles. The company will now be manufacturing high quality onboard chargers.” He added, “This development strengthens our commitment towards making Make in India concept a reality in the true sense for the adoption of sustainable technologies in the EV ecosystem.  Furthermore, our collaboration with an esteemed organisation like IIT Roorkee is instrumental in reinforcing our goal of making India self-reliant as well as making Servotech a leading global leader of EV Industry.” 

Prof. Mukesh Pathak, Principal Investigator in the Department of Electrical Engineering at IIT Roorkee expressed his views on this partnership, “We are delighted to partner with Servotech Power Systems to design and develop EV charging technology. These collaboration are a testament to our commitment to developing innovative and indigenous solutions for the Indian EV industry. We believe that the EV charging technology developed through these collaborations will play a key role in accelerating the adoption of electric vehicles as well as will be pivotal in transforming the way we think about transportation and energy consumption in India.”

The rectifier unit, an integral component of the CCS2 charger is currently imported in India, primarily from the United States, Netherlands and China. As per the data by Volza, India imports most of its rectifier assembly from China, United States and Germany. The country is the largest importer of rectifier assembly in the world, followed by Vietnam and the Philippines.

There is also a shortage of components, such as CCS2 guns, PLC modules, control cards etc, required to make EV chargers and India has been widely importing to fulfill these needs. Servotech recently set up a subsidiary looking into the manufacture of these components.