Amended standards for e-Vehicle

  • September 3, 2022
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Amended standards for e-Vehicle

Subject :Government Schemes

Context: In the backdrop of number of cases of fire incidents observed in electric two wheelers in different parts of the country, Ministry of Road Transport and Highway had constituted an Expert Committee

Concept: 

  • Based on the recommendations of the expert committee report, the Ministry, on 29th August 2022,
  • AIS 156- Specific requirements for motor vehicles of L category [motor vehicles with less than four wheels and is a quadricycle] with electric power train, and
  • AIS 038 Rev. 2 – Specific requirements for Electric Power Train of motor vehicles of M category [motor vehicle with at least four wheels used for carrying passengers] and N category [motor vehicle with at least four wheels used for carrying goods which may also carry persons in addition to the goods].
  • These amendments include additional safety requirements related to battery cells, BMS, on-board charger, design of battery pack, thermal propagation due to internal cell short circuit leading to fire etc.
Amended standards for e-Vehicle Government Schemes