Standards for Safety Evaluation 0f Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles
Part of: GS Prelims and GS-III – Energy Resources
In news
The Standards for Safety Evaluation of Hydrogen Fuel Cells vehicles were recently notified.
Ministry: The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
Key takeaways
The motor vehicles of Category M and Category N, running on compressed gaseous hydrogen fuel cell, shall be in accordance with AIS 157:2020, as amended from time to time, till the corresponding Bureau of Indian Standard Act, 2016, specification is notified.
Also, the hydrogen fuel specification for fuel cell vehicles will be in accordance with ISO 14687.
They were notified through an amendment to Central Motor Vehicles Rules 1989.
These standards are also at par with the available international standards.
This would facilitate the promotion of Hydrogen Fuel Cell based vehicles in India.
