With the government expecting a spike in demand for electric vehicles, the state-owned National Testing House (NTH) said that it will provide battery testing services for batteries of these vehicles in its Mumbai and Kolkata centres from 2023–24 onward.
As of now, the Manesar-based International Centre for Automotive Technology and the Automatic Research Association of India (ARAI) in Pune are the two agencies in the country providing testing services for electric vehicles’ batteries.
Additional Secretary, Consumer Affairs Nidhi Khare said on Monday that with the rising number of electric vehicles, adequate testing facilities are required.
