To set uniform safety standards, testing of electric vehicles to begin from 1

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Last Updated10/10/2022

For the first time, India is set to begin testing of electric vehicles (EV) from April 1 next year.
The government has mandated Pune-based Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) to procure the infrastructure needed to test battery-powered vehicles.

Likely to cover battery cells, battery management systems, onboard chargers, battery pack designs and screen for thermal propagation linked to internal cell short circuits that could potentially lead to fires in EVs.
Industry has also been given enough time to prepare for the safety regulations.
The amendments to the EV battery testing standards — Automotive Industry Standards-156 (or AIS-156) and AIS-038 — will be implemented in two phases: * phase one from December 1, 2022 * phase two from March 31, 2023.
AIS-156 - Includes motor vehicles in the L category — those with <4 wheels and an electric powertrain.
AIS-038 — regulates vehicles with electric power trains for M category (those with four wheels and used to carry passengers) and N category (electric four-wheelers used to carry both goods and passengers).
India had over 1.3 million electric vehicles until end of June — over half are three-wheelers; * a bulk of the remaining vehicles being two-wheelers, with four-wheelers making up the rest.