STMicroelectronics, AMU team up to develop wireless chargers for EVs

Partners to use home-grown tech for the project, which is part of Imprint-2 initiative.

- M RAMESH

French multinational STMicroelectronics has tied up with Aligarh Muslim University to jointly develop technology for solar-powered, wireless charging stations in India, it is learnt. STMicroelectronics, a global electronics and semiconductor player, has presence in India, too.

Sources told BusinessLine that the multinational has a “financial commitment”, but did give more details. Both STMicroelectronics and AMU will bring parts of their homegrown technologies to the projects, but it is not yet clear as to what each will contribute.

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