No Mandatory Safety Standard for EV Batteries or Chargers Yet — Too Late Now?

Parliament's Sectoral Oversight Committee on Science, Technology and Digital Transformation flagged this week that Sri Lanka still has no mandatory certification for EVs, their batteries, controllers or home chargers, even though NERDC can already test battery capacity and lifespan. The committee wants compulsory standards brought in before more EVs and components flood through our ports. One side: with thousands of EVs and home chargers already wired into houses across the country, safety testing should have been a condition before imports were ever opened, not an afterthought bolted on after the fact — a bad battery or a badly wired charger is a fire risk, not a paperwork issue. The other side: mandatory certification now just adds cost, delay and another layer of bureaucracy to a market that's already slowing, and NERDC testing could turn into a bottleneck or a quiet new tax on EV buyers. If you own an EV or installed a home charger, did anyone actually check the battery or the wiring, or did you just trust the dealer and the electrician? Would you accept extra cost and delay on your next EV for a proper safety certificate, or is this a solution chasing a problem that hasn't happened yet? ඔයාගේ EV එකේ බැටරිය හරි චාජරය පරීක්ෂා කරලා තියෙනවද, නැත්නම් විශ්වාසෙන්ම ගත්තද?