Aftermarket parts used in the scooter led to a short circuit: Ola Electric on Pune fire incidentThe company also confirmed that the battery of the vehicle is intact and functional. In addition, it informed that "the customer is safe an...
29 Oct, 2023, 05.01 PM IST
Ola addresses electric scooter fire incident in PuneOla Electric on Sunday responded to the electric scooter fire incident in Pune, stating that our investigation has revealed that aftermarke...
29 Oct, 2023, 05.01 PM IST
Ola Electric scooter fire being investigated in southern KeralaThis is the second known incident of an Ola S1 range scooter catching fire. Investigations are on into the incident in Nedumangad in Kerala.
24 Jul, 2023, 05.33 PM IST
This Diwali, Ola Electric will launch a scooter for less than Rs 80,000Ola claims that it sells 1,000 scooters a day, however, a rash of fires involving electric scooters in India, including one manufactured by...
09 Oct, 2022, 05.27 PM IST
Fire blamed on scooter battery kills 8-year-old girl in NYCA fire department spokesperson said the blaze was caused by a lithium battery from an electric scooter - one of scores of fires blamed on e...
19 Sep, 2022, 09.28 PM IST
Did overcharging of e-scooters cause Secunderabad killer fire? Probe onThe fire started in the basement which housed two dozen electric scooters and the smoke and flames engulfed the hotel above.
13 Sep, 2022, 01.52 PM IST
Safety, performance top concerns for electric scooter buyers: SurveyOn April 21, the central government issued an advice after more than two dozen e-two-wheelers caught fire between March and April of this y...
22 Aug, 2022, 06.40 PM IST
Ola's Bhavish Aggarwal takes a dig at media after Tata Nexon EV fireBhavish Aggarwal's latest tweet came at a time when Ola Electric, along with several other prominent Electric two-wheeler makers, is facing...
23 Jun, 2022, 04.57 PM IST
Another Pure EV e-scooter catches fire, this time in GujaratThis was the fifth incident of fire related to Pure Energy's electric scooters. Pure EV was yet to release a statement about the cause of t...
17 Jun, 2022, 04.56 PM IST
Another electric scooter goes up in flames in Tamil NaduHosur resident Satish Kumar noticed his scooter suddenly catching fire from under the seat and jumped to safety. As the vehicle went up in ...
01 May, 2022, 01.56 PM IST
EV battery explosion: How to keep your electric vehicle and batteries safeIf you are the owner of an electric vehicle or plan to buy one, you need to consider some important factors to keep your electric vehicle h...
21 Apr, 2022, 05.41 PM IST
Okinawa clarifies that fire at dealership was due to an electric short-circuitThe company which announced a recall of 3,215 Praise Pro electric scooters in the first instance of an Indian manufacturer doing so after a...
19 Apr, 2022, 11.18 AM IST
20 electric scooters from Jitendra EV catch fire in Nashik, no casualties reportedThe container had 40 scooters in all and half of them in the upper tier caught fire. No casualties were reported. "An unfortunate incident ...
11 Apr, 2022, 05.24 PM IST
E-scooter fires in India trigger safety concerns, in setback for Modi pushIndia wants electric scooters and motorbikes to make up 80% of total two-wheeler sales by 2030, from about 2% today, and Modi's administrat...
02 Apr, 2022, 11.16 AM IST
As fire spreads, EV makers rush to douse flamesMultiple EV industry executives that ET spoke with underscored the need to find the cause and address it. They also advocated intensive con...
31 Mar, 2022, 02.21 PM IST
Electric scooter from Pure EV catches fire in Chennai, fourth such incident in four daysFourth incident of fire in an electric scooter since the weekend adds to the debate on safety credentials of EVs in the Indian context. Pur...
30 Mar, 2022, 07.25 PM IST
Govt takes cognisance of electric scooter fire incidents, orders probe"We have asked an independent expert... to check (on) what are the actual reasons and circumstances," Giridhar Aramane, secretary of minist...
30 Mar, 2022, 10.33 AM IST