Times Of India
Postal van that runs on power
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Campuses across the country could run electric postal vans if the department of science and technology (DST) makes IISc's innovative electric postal van a model. Researchers at IISc's Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing are excited by the idea of approaching DST while already having approached a few private companies to commercialize their in-house product.
To keep IISc campus green and clean and save energy, which can be the case with all campuses in the country, researchers led by Prof Anindya Deb have designed an electric postal van that will begin operations in two months time.
Deb explains the van is special for two reasons. "The van has been made based on the unique space frame body design. In simple terms, it is a lightweight van made out of aluminium tubes integrated through innovative engineering. The aluminium tubular frame keeps the van very light. There is no use of steel, a feature of conventional vehicles. The van is also special because it runs on battery __ an electric motor powers the van which makes it an eco-friendly product too."
To keep IISc campus green and clean and save energy, which can be the case with all campuses in the country, researchers led by Prof Anindya Deb have designed an electric postal van that will begin operations in two months time.
Deb explains the van is special for two reasons. "The van has been made based on the unique space frame body design. In simple terms, it is a lightweight van made out of aluminium tubes integrated through innovative engineering. The aluminium tubular frame keeps the van very light. There is no use of steel, a feature of conventional vehicles. The van is also special because it runs on battery __ an electric motor powers the van which makes it an eco-friendly product too."
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