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Security Auto electronics lab coming up in Pune Our Bureau
Pune , Jan. 18 IN a couple of years there won't be worries over automobiles theft, as the vehicles could not be moved without its code. All credit goes to the electronic anti-theft device, which would be installed in the vehicle, a code that the Government is thinking of making it mandatory by 2007. With the usage of electronics in automobiles in the country expected to increase four times in the next five years, the Pune-based Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) is setting up a laboratory for auto electronics here. The investment that would go into the setting up of this facility would be Rs 4 crore, Mr Balraj Bhanot, President of ARAI, has said. Mr Duane Tiede, President of the Society of Automobile Engineers International, US, will inaugurate the lab. He would also be the Guest of Honour for the SIAT 2005, which begins here on Wednesday. Commenting on the usage of electronics in the automobiles, Mr Bhanot said that the auto electronics would constitute about 20 per cent of the cost of the automobiles in the country. Currently, it is about six per cent, he said and added that there is a necessity to have testing facilities in the country. The lab would be testing electric and hybrid vehicles, pollution under control, electronic control systems for wind glass and simulated testing for engine electromagnetic interference (EMI)and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) among others. EMC testing involves evaluating the effect of wireless towers, radio waves on the electronic equipment of the vehicles, while EMI would study the happenings in the automobile such as how sparks affect radio waves, he said. Currently, the auto electronic industry in the country is in an infant stage and finds its applications in basic systems such as ignition control, engine management and fuel injection system. Mr Bhanot said that other applications, which were likely to enter the electronic fields, include the braking, steering, comfort, navigation and onboard diagnostics. While the electronic engine management system is likely to be made a regulatory requirement by April, electronic anti-lock braking system (ABS) is likely to become mandatory by Octoberin some of the heavy-duty vehicles carrying hazardous goods. He, however, pointed out that though the Government was keen on making ABS mandatory in other categories also, the industry was highly sensitive on this issue while noting that passenger cars or other vehicles that have ABS would also need to get the testing done. Currently, models from DaimlerChrysler and the high-end models of Honda have ABS, which are undergoing testing at the ABS testing track of TVS Group. Mr Bhanot said ARAI is also setting up a modern engine testing lab and a vehicle emission certification lab in Pune with an investment of Rs 50 crore. The engine-testing lab would have six new cells. Currently, it has 10 cells of which eight are for development and two for certification and would take ARAI up to the Euro IV norms. He added that these labs are expected to begin their operation by June.
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