India’s Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has proposed phased Advanced Emergency Braking System (AEBS) requirements for M1 passenger vehicles, with manufacturing-date deadlines that would bring new models under the rule from 2030.
The proposed amendment to the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, appears in draft notification G.S.R. 904(E). It would cover new M1 models manufactured on or after Oct. 1, 2030, followed by all M1 models manufactured on or after Oct. 1, 2032. M1 includes passenger vehicles with up to eight passenger seats, excluding the driver. The draft sets no retrofit deadline for vehicles manufactured before those dates.
A separate provision would require M1 passenger vehicles and N1 goods vehicles manufactured on or after Oct. 1, 2028, to comply with AIS-185 if equipped with AEBS. N1 is the class for goods vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of no more than 3.5 tonnes.
The Ministry’s draft AIS-185 describes AEBS as a system that detects a potential forward collision, warns the driver and applies the brakes if the driver does not respond. It says a driver can override the system through an intentional action. The draft’s test scenarios cover car-to-car and car-to-pedestrian situations; its cyclist scenario is marked “Reserved.”
For car-to-car tests, the draft specifies a braking demand of at least 5.0 meters per second squared at speeds from 10 to 60 km/h. It also calls for at least two warning modes chosen from acoustic, haptic or optical signals. Those details are in the draft standard and may change.
Scania said its Swedish test site can host emergency-braking trials. A separate government requirement calls for trucks to use AEBS under AIS-162 from Oct. 1, 2027.
The notice is dated Oct. 19, and the eGazette lists it as published on Oct. 22. The Ministry will review comments submitted within 30 days after copies of the notice are made public. The notice gives no date for a final decision.
