New Electric Vehicle Launched at NITK For Collecting & Transporting Segregated Organic Waste
New Electric Vehicle Launched at NITK For Collecting & Transporting Segregated Organic Waste
The Director in-charge of the National Institute of Technology – Karnataka (NIT-K), Surathkal, Udayakumar R. Yaragatti launched a new electrically powered vehicle for collecting and transporting segregated organic waste generated in the institute’s campus during the Independence Day celebrations in the campus on August 15, Monday.
The vehicle — VidYug7.1 E-Trike – has been exclusively designed for collecting and transporting segregated organic waste from staff quarters and hostels for running Anaerobic Digestion Plant in the campus. The vehicle is designed and manufactured by the Centre for System Design at the NIT-K with the funding support under Campus Waste to Energy Project (CWEP) sponsored by the 1981 batch alumni of the institute. The electric vehicle will run on a 48 V/100 Ah lithium – ion battery with a controller. Once the battery gets fully charged it can run up to a 60-70 km range across the campus, a release from the NIT-K said. Earlier NITK had made e-bikes.