Govt proposes sound alert system for all electric vehicles from October 2027

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has projected making acoustic conveyance alerting strategy (AVAS) mandatory for each electrical cars, buses and trucks with effect October 1, 2027, keeping roadworthy information successful mind.

The Ministry successful a draught notification said that each caller models of electrical rider and goods vehicles manufactured aft October 2026 indispensable beryllium equipped with AVAS, a information diagnostic successful EVs to emit an artificial dependable to alert pedestrians and different roadworthy users astir their presence.

"Provided besides that, connected and aft 1st October 2026 successful lawsuit of caller models and 1st October 2027 successful lawsuit of existing models, electrified vehicles of class M and N shall beryllium fitted with AVAS gathering requirements with respect to audibility arsenic specified successful AIS-173, arsenic amended from clip to time," the notification said.

Electrified vehicles of Category M see electrical cars and buses designed for rider transport, portion Category N comprises electric-powered trucks and goods vehicles.

Countries similar the U.S., Japan and immoderate of the European Union nations person already mandated uses of AVAS successful hybrid vehicles.