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India gets NATRAX—Asia’s longest High Speed Track

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GUWAHATI: India, on Tuesday got its first High Speed Track (HST) in Indore. NATRAX-HST is the longest such track in Asia. HST is primarily used for measuring the maximum speed capability of high-end cars like BMW, Mercedes, Audi, Ferrari, Lamborghini etc. The world-class 11.3-km high-speed track was inaugurated by Prakash Javadekar, Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.

NATRAX, developed in an area of 1000 acres of land, 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.

Speaking at the occasion, Javadekar stated that India is destined to become a hub of automobiles, manufacturing, and spare parts. The Minister said that expanding automobiles and manufacturing industries will help generate the employment.

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. and is a Centre of excellence for Vehicle Dynamics.

NATRAX is one stop solution for all sorts of high speed performance tests, being one of the largest in the world. It can cater to widest category of vehicles; say from two wheelers to the heaviest tractor trailers. 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.

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