New Delhi: Union Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Prakash Javadekar has inaugurated a 11.3 km long high speed track (HST) for automobiles in Indore. According to the government, it is the longest such track in Asia and the fifth longest in the world. Speaking at the e-inauguration of the track on Tuesday the minister said: “Many projects in the railways, highways etc. which were languishing for years are today getting completed because of the strong political will.
NATRAX- the high speed track completed and inaugurated today is another example that shows how Modi government works.” Developed in an area of 1000 acres of land, NATRAX-HST is a one stop solution for all sorts of high speed performance tests for widest categories of vehicles from 2 wheelers to heavy tractor trailers.
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The NATRAX centre has multiple test capabilities like measurements of maximum speed, acceleration, constant speed fuel consumption, emission tests through real road driving simulation, high speed handling and stability evaluation during manoeuvred such as lane change, high speed durability testing, etc.
Notably, the test centre can be used for measuring the maximum speed capability of high-end cars like BMW, Mercedes, Audi, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Tesla, etc which cannot be measured on any of the Indian test tracks. “Being centrally located in Madhya Pradesh, it is accessible to most of the major automobile manufacturers. Foreign companies will be looking at NATRAX HST for the development of prototype cars for Indian conditions,” the ministry said in a statement.
At present, foreign car makers go to their respective high speed track abroad for high speed test requirements. Vehicle can achieve max speed of 375 Kmph on curves with steering control and it has less banking on ovals making it also one of the safest test track globally, the statement added.
