Exicom has started manufacturing liquid-cooled AC and DC power modules at its Hyderabad Smart Manufacturing Facility, and says it is the first company in India to build this class of power electronics for global markets.
The first modules are destined mainly for North America and Europe, where they will go into Tritium’s DC charger portfolio, including TRI-FLEX and DC-FLEX. Later phases will bring the technology closer to Exicom’s own customers, among them charge point operators, fleets and OEMs, through Tritium’s range of DC fast chargers, which are being deployed in India. Exicom also plans to design the liquid-cooled architecture into its Harmony DC chargers.
Exicom estimates the share of power electronics failures attributable to thermal stress at nearly 60%, citing reliability studies, and says every 10° C to 15° C rise in temperature doubles a component’s failure rate. Liquid coolant, it says, can hold internal temperatures roughly 10° C lower than air-cooled systems.
“Anyone who has stood next to a fast charger on a 45-degree afternoon knows what heat does to electronics. EV Charging is getting faster with chargers running more hours a day, and customers expect them to work every season and at every site,” said Anant Nahata, Exicom’s CEO and Managing Director.
The modules build on Tritium’s in-house liquid-cooled capability, and Exicom says this class of module has been refined across some of the toughest charging environments in the world. Exicom acquired the DC fast charging company in 2024.
The fully sealed construction keeps out the dust, moisture and salt air that shorten charger life in the field, according to Exicom. The company also credits the design with more power in a compact footprint, continuous operation under load and lower operating cost over the module’s lifetime.
The Hyderabad plant, which Exicom says is set up with automation, digital traceability and specialized testing, will build the modules for domestic and international markets.
“Globally, liquid cooling has become the architecture of choice for high-power charging. We are bringing this technology to India. Local manufacturing matters because we now own more of that technology ourselves. We can engineer it, improve it and adapt it faster, for our customers here and across the world,” said Nahata.
Source: Exicom
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