Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
VerifiedIIT Delhi runs the Centre for Automotive Research and Tribology (CART) and a deep portfolio of EV programmes — power electronics, e-axle, vehicle dynamics and battery safety.
Affiliated with Institute of National Importance
Research overview
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IIT Delhi's EV research backbone is CART (Centre for Automotive Research and Tribology) — one of India's oldest dedicated auto-research centres, now retooled around the EV transition. Recent additions include the Battery Safety Lab (set up after the 2022 EV fire incidents) and a SiC power-electronics initiative funded by MeitY.
Research centres (4)
Centre for Automotive Research and Tribology (CART)
Powertrain, transmission, tribology, EV-axle research
Established 1971
Battery Safety Lab
Thermal runaway propagation, abuse testing, fire-safety mitigation
Established 2021
Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD) Lab
Traction inverters, motor design, fast chargers
Centre for Energy Studies
EV policy, grid integration, demand-side analytics
OEM collaborations (5)
Tata Motors EV
Tata Centre for Technology Innovation — joint EV programs
researchsince 2020Hero MotoCorp
Hero-CART EV-axle research collaboration
researchsince 2019Maruti Suzuki
Maruti Centre of Excellence for Automotive Research
researchsince 2022Bosch India
curriculumsince 2018Honda R&D
researchsince 2021
Ongoing research projects
AIS 156 thermal-runaway propagation reproduction at pack level
Battery safety · ACTIVE
SiC-based 800V traction inverter for passenger EVs
Power electronics · ACTIVE
EV adoption + DISCOM tariff design for Delhi NCR
Policy · PUBLISHED
Major facilities & labs
- ▪CART dynamometer (up to 350 kW)
- ▪Battery safety chamber (AIS 156)
- ▪Vehicle 4WD chassis dyno
- ▪Drive cycle simulator
- ▪High-voltage isolation test rig
- ▪Composite materials lab