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
Electric vehicle two-wheeler sales to go up by 78% in 2030 if all goes wellIndia currently has 3,000 EV charging stations, with six of them available per 1,000 EVs.
24 Jul, 2022, 11.46 AM 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
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...
09 May, 2022, 11.29 AM 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
Electric vehicle makers told to halt two-wheeler launchesAll electric two-wheeler makers have also been asked to voluntarily recall the entire batch of vehicles if one from that batch was involved...
29 Apr, 2022, 10.38 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
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...
26 Apr, 2022, 04.50 PM IST
Ola Electric recalls 1,441 scooters after Pune fire incidentThe move comes as the government is planning to penalise companies for quality lapses in the manufacturing of electric vehicles, after seve...
24 Apr, 2022, 10.20 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
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