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Electric car catches fire in Bengaluru. Here's what causes EV fires and why electric two-wheelers are at higher riskFactors such as physical damage, manufacturing defects, and overheating can cause battery fires. Proper management and trained firefighting...
Hero Electric moves HC against DRI show causeThe DRI in its 2020 notice claimed that the company had falsely declared imported kits of electric scooters as components to evade customs ...
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...
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...
Ola Electric slips to 4th spot as EV registrations fall amid fire fears"We calibrated our business priority for the month to focus on bettering our customer service and brought our TAT (turnaround time) to with...
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...
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 ...
EV fire incidents: Probe panel to submit report on May 30"The expert committee (formed to enquire into the incidents of electric two-wheelers catching fire) will submit it's report on May 30," the...
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...
India's Ola Electric chief Bhavish Aggarwal says e-scooter fires rare but can happen in futureThe company, backed by Japan's SoftBank Group, has recalled more than 1,400 e-scooters and appointed external experts to investigate the ca...
Ola Electric chief Bhavish Aggarwal says e-scooter fires rare but can happen in futureOla's e-scooter fire was among a spate of similar recent incidents that triggered an uproar on social media and an investigation by the gov...
EV recall may mean tweaking wires, not a battery changeOla Electric, Okinawa and Pure EV have recalled electric two-wheelers to fix battery-related issues, but since the battery is a sealed unit...
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 ...
EV fire: Gadkari urges cos to take advance action; says high seasonal temp a problem for batteriesThe Road Transport and Highways Minister also acknowledged that the country's EV industry has "just started" and emphasised that the govern...
EV recalls begin: Ola, Okinawa and Pure take back over 7,000 electric two-wheelersNitin Gadkari in his missive had said that if any company is found negligent in their processes, a heavy penalty will be imposed and a reca...
A few batches of Ola e-scooters may be recalled, says Bhavish Aggarwal“We have commissioned world-class agencies on the root cause of the recent EV fire and what can be done better. We might do a recall of a f...
The requiem for petrol cars and scooters is near but needs hard work from IndiaThe biggest factor keeping EV car cost high is non-existent localisation of batteries, say findings of a Crisil’s report on clean mobility....