NATRAX (National Automotive Test Track), Pithampur, Dhar District, Madhya Pradesh, is Asia's longest and one of the high-speed state-of-the-art tracks in India[1] for automotive testing and certification.
[3] The 11.3-km high-speed track[3] is built under NATRiP (National Automotive Testing and R&D Infrastructure Project), a project of the Ministry of Heavy Industries, Government of India, has an area of approximately 3000 acres and the track is developed in an area of about 1000 acres at a cost or Rs.1321 crores.
[4] It has two semi-circular curves that can test vehicles at a maximum neutral speed of 250 km per hour.
[5] A lot of different tests, including measurement of maximum speed, acceleration, coast down, brake fade, constant speed fuel consumption, emission tests through real-road driving simulation, can be conducted at this track.
[6] The Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Prakash Javadekar inaugurated the track on 29 June 2021.