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Electric vehicle fires are very rare. The risk for petrol and diesel vehicles is at least 20 times higherA report from the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency found that vehicles with internal combustion engines were 20 times more likely to catc...
Development and testing of electric vehicles need to follow strict protocols, say industry leadersWith EVs (Electric Vehicles) still evolving, the manufacturers are in the process of learning and even the testing agencies are yet to figu...
EV Fires: Safety concerns shoot up amongst consumers following vehicles catching fire, finds surveyWhen the same question was asked by the same surveyor in March, only 17 per cent of respondents had reported safety and performance concern...
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 ...
Fire incident at Mangalore showroom due to short circuit, says EV maker OkinawaThis is the second such incident occurring at the Gurugram-headquartered EV maker's showroom in the recent past as earlier in April this ye...
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...
Simple Energy defers deliveries of e-scooter amid rising fire incidents in EVsThe Bengaluru-based company, which launched the e-scooter on October 15 last year, has taken a "conscious" call to postpone the vehicle del...
EV fire incidents: Niti Aayog member says imported cells 'may not be' suitable for Indian conditions"Battery technology is an evolving technology. India does not manufacture battery cells at the moment. ... we should set up our own cell ma...
EV fire incidents will be probed; industry bound to grow beyond our imagination: Transport Secy Giridhar AramaneRecently, there have been multiple incidents of EVs catching fire and resulting in deaths and severe injuries to people. Asked if the spate...
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...
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...
All you need to know about battery fires in EVsAt the heart of the problem is the fragile nature of lithium to high temperatures. All batteries work best when they are at roomtemperature...
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 ...
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...
Cloudtail’s closure begins; Reliance aims to be quick-grocery giantCloudtail, which at one point accounted for more than half of all sales on Amazon in India, is now in its final days.
As EVs catch fire, Cos plan to cool batteries downEven in the absence of a cooling solution, industry experts said a high degree of safety redundancy can be built into battery design throug...
Electric scooters from Pure EV on fire, leave the nascent EV industry rattledBuilt by Pure EV, a two year old start up that was incubated in IIT Hyderabad, the video shows copious amounts of smoke billowing from bene...