Hyundai partners with IITs for battery, electrification research

Hyundai Motor Group has announced partnerships with three Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) to establish a collaborative research system in the fields of batteries and electrification.

The institutes include IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay, and IIT Madras. The Hyundai Centre of Excellence (CoE), to be set up within IIT Delhi, will operate through sponsorship from Hyundai Motor Group. The primary objective of the Hyundai CoE is to drive advancements in batteries and electrification, tailored to meet the unique requirements of the Indian market.

Hyundai Motor Group officials, along with IIT representatives, including Prof Rangan Banerjee, Director of IIT Delhi; Dean Sachin C Patwardhan of IIT Bombay; and Dean Manu Santhanam of IIT Madras, attended a ceremony at IIT Delhi to sign an agreement for the joint establishment of the ‘Hyundai Motor Group-IIT Hyundai CoE’.