Ampere Vehicles has launched India's first, indigenous lithium-ion battery charger, developed by Ampere Vehicles here today. The lithium-ion charger project is supported by Technology Development Board of the Ministry of Science and Technology as part of the Make-in-India initiative. “I am sure this will be a milestone in optimising the vehicles and battery life for consumers and achieve economies of scale for EV companies. This is the country's most technologically advanced EV chargers,” said Hemalatha Annamalai, CEO and founder, Ampere Electric Vehicle and South Chapter Chief, SMEV. The advanced lithium-ion chargers are designed with two-stage charging profile in which charging voltage and the current's levels can be amended based on the requirements of battery manufacturers' recommendations. The microcontroller based control and monitoring systems provides active battery reverse polarity protection, over temperature cut off and output short circuit protection.