ARAI revs up for auto sector's future, retools itself for a new era of testing electric vehicles
Automotive Research Association of India) is the organisation mandated with making sure the vehicles you buy in India meet standards.
From Bharat NCAP (New Car Assessment Program) safety standards, to fuel efficiency figures under test conditions, to ensuring homologation of vehicles, this is the entity that tests and certifies automobiles sold in the country.
It does all of this out of its 260 acre base in Pune, equipped with a large number of testing facilities. Incorporated in 1966, the cooperative industrial research association under the Ministry of Heavy Industries has had quite the journey thus far. But what is happening now is clearly new. It, along with the entire automotive industry, is now in the middle of the big energy transition, from fossil fuels to electric and other alternative sources of energy.
That kind of change is what the phrase paradigm shift was conjured for. It means that ARAI, one of India’s most important entities in the automotive sector, is now in the middle of retooling itself for a new era of testing electric vehicles.
In an exclusive interview with ET’s Lijee Philip, Reji Mathai, director of the ARAI, answered several pertinent questions around electric vehicles, safety and more.
Artificial Intelligence(AI)
Basics of Generative AI: Unveiling Tomorrow's Innovations
By — Metla Sudha Sekhar, IT Specialist and Developer
Artificial Intelligence(AI)
Generative AI for Dynamic Java Web Applications with ChatGPT
By — Metla Sudha Sekhar, IT Specialist and Developer
Artificial
