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      Home » Mumbai & Kolkata to Get EV Battery Testing Centres by FY24

      Mumbai & Kolkata to Get EV Battery Testing Centres by FY24

      Aishwarya SaxenaBy Aishwarya SaxenaDecember 21, 2022 EV Battery 3 Mins Read
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      The Union government has announced to establish EV battery testing centres in Mumbai and Kolkata as soon as the next fiscal year

      testing centresAnticipating a rise in demand for electric vehicles (EV), the government’s National Testing House (NTH) said it will offer testing services for EV batteries and charging systems at its Mumbai and Kolkata centres from the next fiscal.

      Currently, the Manesar-based International Centre for Automotive Technology and the Pune-based Automatic Research Association of India (ARAI) are the two agencies in the country providing testing services for EVs and their batteries.

      “Electronic vehicles are going to add to our daily lives. To have sufficient testing facilities, we are making our labs future-ready as the demand is going to increase,” said Nidhi Khare, Additional Secretary in the Consumer Affairs Ministry.

      The National Testing House (NTH) is preparing to offer testing centres services for EV batteries and charging systems at its Kolkata headquarters and Mumbai regional centres from the next fiscal, she told reporters.

      The NTH Mumbai and Kolkata testing centres were chosen because the maximum number of EV makers are located in Pune/Mumbai, while the maximum number of manufacturers of EV batteries are present in Kolkata, NTH Director General Alok Kumar Srivastava said.

      Testing begins at the manufacturing level, Srivastava said and added good quality products can be made if testing labs are located near the manufacturing units. Imported equipment used in EV making can also be tested at these two NTH centres. Already, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has come out with performance standards for EV batteries to ensure the safety of consumers.

      Listing out initiatives taken to modernize NTH testing infrastructure, Srivastava said the NTH plans to set up a satellite centre for testing transformers and transmission line equipment at Jaipur at an estimated cost of Rs 125 crore to support the PM Gati Shakti Mission. At present, most of the transformer manufacturers that are located in Northern India have to transport their transformers to Vadodara, Bhopal and Bangalore for testing which involve a lot of time and huge transportation cost and may lead to a delay in projects, he said.

      The test facility at Jaipur is being created at the hub of the transformer industry which will cater to the demand of the north and western parts of the country and will reduce the transportation cost and time taken in getting transformer samples tested.

      NTH has introduced a fully digital Laboratory Management Information System (LIMS).

      By using sample tracking, they may also monitor the testing time and position of their samples. Besides Mumbai, its other centres are located in Chennai Ghaziabad, Jaipur, Guwahati and the satellite centre at Varanasi.

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