- According to the official, the new electric vehicle battery standard includes testing procedures for the basic characteristic of performance, reliability, and electrical performance for high power or high energy applications for battery packs and systems.
- Keeping in view the safety aspect of batteries for electric vehicles, the Bureau of Indian Standards ( BIS ) is in the process of publishing two more standards.
The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has come out with performance standards for electric vehicle batteries in order to ensure the safety of consumers, a senior consumer affairs ministry official said on Thursday.
BIS, the national standards-setting body that functions under the consumer affairs ministry, has published the “performance standards for electronic vehicle batteries”, the official said.
The official said that the standard “IS 17855: 2022” has been prepared for Lithium-Ion Traction Battery Packs and Systems for Electrically Driven Road Vehicles and is harmonized with ISO 12405-4:2018.
According to the official, the new Electric Vehicle battery standard includes testing procedures for the basic characterization of performance, reliability, and electrical performance for high power or high energy applications for battery packs and systems.
The official said that keeping in view the safety aspect of batteries for electronic vehicles, BIS is in the process of publishing two more standards related to batteries for various passenger and goods carrying vehicles (L, M, and N categories). Source
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