The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways recently announced that new and more stringent EV Battery Standards With effect from 1st October, 2022. However, battery makers and EV makers are seeking an extension from the government to provide them additional time to comply with the new rules, saying that four weeks is not enough to implement them since the notification. Came this month.
According to a report by ETAuto, the government has “in-principle decided to extend the deadline” after careful consideration. The industry is seeking time till March 31, 2023 to incorporate the change as per AIS-156 Rev-2 requirement and till August 31, 2023 to complete the re-homologation of the battery pack.
However, their demand for phase-wise implementation will probably not be met because officials want them to adopt these changes before summer when temperatures are high, and this could potentially lead to EV battery overheating and fires.
Electric vehicle manufacturers, including Hero Electric Tata Motors, Kinetic Green Energy, as well as several battery companies said they needed enough time to implement these changes. The battery pack will need to be redesigned and re-engineered before it can be tested again. official notification on new EV Battery The standards arrived on September 3, leaving companies only four weeks to make all the amendments.
According to a report by ETAuto, the government has “in-principle decided to extend the deadline” after careful consideration. The industry is seeking time till March 31, 2023 to incorporate the change as per AIS-156 Rev-2 requirement and till August 31, 2023 to complete the re-homologation of the battery pack.
However, their demand for phase-wise implementation will probably not be met because officials want them to adopt these changes before summer when temperatures are high, and this could potentially lead to EV battery overheating and fires.
Electric vehicle manufacturers, including Hero Electric Tata Motors, Kinetic Green Energy, as well as several battery companies said they needed enough time to implement these changes. The battery pack will need to be redesigned and re-engineered before it can be tested again. official notification on new EV Battery The standards arrived on September 3, leaving companies only four weeks to make all the amendments.