Electric 2-wheeler companies hit a Rs 1,000 crore bumpSubsidy payments were to be made under FAME-II (Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles) initiative, the government's flagsh...
17 Nov, 2022, 05.02 AM IST
Consumer body CCPA sends show-cause notice to 5 EV makers for fire incidentsEarlier, the central government had roped in Centre for Fire Explosive and Environment Safety (CFEES) to probe into the circumstances that ...
26 Jul, 2022, 11.58 PM IST
Centre sends show cause notices to Ola Electric, Okinawa, others on EV firesThe Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), which was earlier tasked with investigating electric two-wheeler fire incidents b...
05 Jul, 2022, 04.11 PM IST
Now Tata Nexon EV catches fire in Mumbai, probe onThe EV car fire incident was reported from Vasai West (near Panchvati hotel) in Mumbai late on Wednesday, and the video of the Tata Nexon e...
23 Jun, 2022, 04.25 PM IST
Indian EV makers to soon follow BIS standards for batteries amid firesAcknowledging an urgent need, the sources in the ministry said that it is in touch with the battery industry stakeholders to bring out BIS ...
31 May, 2022, 05.52 PM IST
Fire breaks out at Ather Energy Chennai premises, cause under investigationThe company said it is investigating the cause of the incident but could not confirm if the battery in any of the vehicles was not to blame.
28 May, 2022, 08.21 AM IST
DRDO report finds serious battery defects in EVs that caught fireAccording to sources in the know of the matter, these defects occur because the electric two-wheeler manufacturers like Okinawa Autotech, P...
23 May, 2022, 04.54 PM IST
EV battery explosion claims life in Nizamabad, two injuredAdding fuel to concerns around electric vehicle battery safety, a case of battery explosion has been reported. An 80-year-old man died whil...
21 Apr, 2022, 11.12 AM IST
Centre plans to douse EV fires with battery policyA senior official from the road transport and highways ministry told ET that the government is planning to come out with norms to put in pl...
20 Apr, 2022, 09.54 AM 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
India’s electric vehicles industry sees its first product recallThree of Okinawa's scooters have caught fire since October, resulting in two being injured. Ola Electric, Pure EV and Jitendra EV are other...
17 Apr, 2022, 04.30 PM IST
Okinawa to recall Praise Pro electric scooters after firesThree of Okinawa's scooters have caught fire since October, resulting in two being injured. Ola Electric, Pure EV and Jitendra EV are other...
16 Apr, 2022, 07.13 PM IST
Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant asks EV makers to recall vehicle batches involved in firesThe govt is also reportedly preparing comprehensive guidelines for the electric vehicle (EV) industry after several fire incidents were rep...
13 Apr, 2022, 06.27 PM 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
Jitendra New EV partners Log9 Materials for battery charging solutionsJitendra New EV Tech Co-Founder Jitendra Shah said India has entered the electrification era but the biggest challenge is ensuring optimal ...
28 Mar, 2022, 07.18 PM IST
Jitendra EV Tech launches its new EV 2021- JET 320The scooter is available in 4 attractive metallic colours - Blazing Red, Alpine White, Absolute Black, Candy Blue. Along with standard fitm...
09 Jun, 2021, 05.19 PM IST
Desi startups ride on China for ‘Make-in-India’ e-bikesExperts believe that unlike traditional petrol automobile products that need high-tech engineering for designing engines and transmission s...
08 Feb, 2020, 11.15 AM IST