Angry Ola customer sets showroom on fire after repeated complaints about scooter purchased 20 days ago, arrestedA 26-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly setting fire to an Ola Electric showroom in Karnataka due to dissatisfaction with the ser...
12 Sep, 2024, 10.28 AM 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
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
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
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...
10 May, 2022, 09.10 PM IST
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...
10 May, 2022, 08.51 PM IST
Faulty battery cells, modules likely caused e-scooter fire in India, initial probe findsINDIA-ELECTRIC-Faulty battery cells, modules likely caused e-scooter fire in India, initial probe finds
06 May, 2022, 08.48 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
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...
23 Apr, 2022, 07.55 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
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 the Modi governmen...
02 Apr, 2022, 08.18 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
DRDO arm to probe EV fires"Any e-vehicles that use lithium-nickel-manganese-cobalt-oxide,, abbreviated as NMC technology, can eventually be investigated. The technol...
30 Mar, 2022, 12.53 AM IST
Roads Ministry asks DRDO-arm to investigate Ola and Okinawa e-scooter fire incidentsTransport Secretary, Armane Girdhar had told reporters on Tuesday that an independent agency will be probing the explosion/fire instance in...
29 Mar, 2022, 03.05 PM IST