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Govt Announces New Internationally-Accepted Safety Tests For Electric Vehicles; Details Here
Swarajya Staff
Nov 03, 2022, 11:57 AM | Updated 11:56 AM IST
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The government on Wednesday (2 November) announced a number of new safety tests that will be mandatory for electric vehicles from 1 April 2023.
"To safeguard Human Safety, certain tests which are done internationally will be made mandatory from 1 April 2023 for claiming incentives/payouts under the PLI scheme for Automobile and Auto components, ACC [Advanced Chemistry Cell] and FAME II scheme," the Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI) said in a circular.
These tests enhance human safety by ensuring quality at the three levels - cell level, battery pack level and battery management system (BMS) level, as per the ministry.
The Cell level tests include impact test, temperature cycling, shock, vibration, fire exposure and altitude simulation.
The battery pack level tests include case stress, dro/free fall, immersion, crush, and imbalance charging.
The BMS level tests include over current protection, communication interface, cell voltage for each series check, current sensors check, cell temperature check, MOS temperature check, charge MOS check, discharge MOS check, power rail check, fuse current check, and cell balance function check.
The ministry said that these tests are widely carried out and accepted internationally for safeguarding human safety and thus would be made mandatory for the aforementioned schemes of the MHI form 1April 2023 as a precondition for claiming incentives.
The new safety tests for the electric vehicles come at a time when safety standards of EVs sold in India are being questioned following a spate of incidents of these vehicles spontaneously bursting into flames.
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