EVs going mainstream, fire incidents help industry mature: Ather Energy CEOThe Hero MotoCorp-backed company expects that by the end of this decade up to 30 million electric two-wheelers would be sold in India and A...
31 Jul, 2022, 06.20 PM IST
EVs going mainstream, fire incidents help industry mature: Ather Energy CEOIn April this year cases of electric two-wheelers of manufacturers -- such as Ola Electric, Okinawa Autotech and PureEV -- catching fire we...
31 Jul, 2022, 12.01 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
Okinawa Autotech pips Ola Electric to become No 1 electric two-wheeler brandOkinawa Autotech sold the highest total of 9,309 units. Meanwhile, Ola Electric sold 9,225 units last month. In May 2021, Okinawa Autotech ...
09 Jun, 2022, 10.56 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
Ather bags $128M amid EV gloom; SoftBank to slash investments, says Masayoshi SonElectric scooter maker Ather Energy said it has raised $128 million in funding even as its rivals struggle to contain the fallout from a sp...
12 May, 2022, 08.09 PM IST
Electric scooters in flames show high cost of India's green goalsThe incidents have, not surprisingly, made many Indians wary of electric vehicles — the number of people who said they wouldn’t buy an elec...
29 Apr, 2022, 10.02 AM IST
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...
26 Apr, 2022, 05.07 PM IST
Amazon gets social (again); Razorpay’s $80-100 million secondary share saleThis is the first inorganic bet that Amazon is taking on the social commerce space where sellers use platforms like Whatsapp and Facebook t...
22 Apr, 2022, 09.08 AM IST
HCL profit jumps 226% yoy in Q4; HealthifyMe eyes IPODays after its larger rivals TCS and Infosys announced their results for the Jan-March quarter, HCL Tech posted a consolidated net profit o...
21 Apr, 2022, 08.33 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
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
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
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