The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has issued new standards for batteries used in electric vehicles. These have been introduced in the market at a time when news of one after another EV catching fire is spreading in the country.
The National Standard Body of India has published a standard IS 17855: 2022 (Electrically Propelled Road Vehicles — Test Specification for Lithium-ion Traction Battery Packs and Systems — Performance Testing), which is harmonized with ISO 12405-4: 2018.
This standard incorporates the test procedure for basic characteristics of performance, reliability and electrical functionality for the battery packs and systems for either high power or high energy application. 'This standard is formulated considering real-life scenarios for an electric vehicle such as vehicle is in parking (battery is not used for extended period of time), battery system is being shipped (stored), operating battery at low and high temperature etc., accordingly various tests are incorporated in this standard,' read a statement released by BIS.
It continued, 'Further, keeping view on the safety aspect of batteries for EV, Bureau of Indian Standard is in the process of publishing two more standards related to batteries for various passenger and goods carrying vehicles (L, M and N category).'
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