ARAI expands EV testing with new battery and powertrain labs, planning Pune and Mandya/Karnataka facilities and technology upgrades. Skoda Volkswagen India signs an MoU with ARAI for a new crash test facility in Chakan, Pune, supporting Bharat NCAP, EV testing and export homologation. India’s largest automotive testing and certification agency, Pune-based ARAI, has begun validating metro carriage components testing as it expands beyond cars and trucks into EV battery.