India plans to have seven world class automotive design and testing centres being set up by National Automotive Testing and R&D Infrastructure Project (NATRiP) by the end of this year. The centers will have infotronics laboratory and crash testing labs. The high-speed testing track will come up in two years. The centers are coming up at Manesar, Bangalore, Rai Bareli, Silchar, Indore, Pune and Chennai under NATRiP. Currently, NATRiP is carrying out all safety tests including frontal and side crash test for vehicles.
Since most of our vehicle manufacturers were drawn from Europe and were the earliest in the industry, India has followed their method of testing for prototypes and the subsequent COP.
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