Bajaj Chetak electric scooter catches fire, company launches probeA Bajaj Chetak electric scooter caught fire in Ichalkaranji, Kolhapur district, on Monday night. No injuries were reported. Bajaj Auto has ...
08 Sep, 2025, 10.32 PM IST
Amazon's Zoox issues second software recall this month after San Francisco crashThe recall covers 270 vehicles equipped with its Automated Driving Systems software, which had versions released prior to May 21, Zoox said...
30 May, 2025, 12.48 PM IST
India Yamaha Motor recalls 3 lakh scooter units to rectify brake partsIndia Yamaha Motor is recalling approximately 300,000 units of its 125 cc scooter models Ray ZR 125 Fi Hybrid and Fascino 125 Fi Hybrid due...
15 Feb, 2024, 10.19 PM IST
Apollo recalls Phantom Electric Scooters as loose bolt raises injury concerns – Affected models listedApollo Imports, an electric scooter manufacturer based in Delaware, has initiated a product recall due to safety concerns related to a pote...
03 Sep, 2023, 05.06 PM IST
Ola offers to replace S1 scooter part amid safety concerns raised by customersThe company said recently there have been concerns amongst its users around the safety of its front fork arm, a key component between the b...
14 Mar, 2023, 09.25 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
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
Ola Electric hikes price of flagship S1 Pro scooterThe S1 Pro now comes in at Rs 1,20,149 (ex-showroom Delhi, including FAME-II and state subsidies)/ Rs 1.40 lakh (ex-showroom), and is Rs 10...
21 May, 2022, 12.32 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
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
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
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 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
Poster with Nitin Gadkari 'caricature' kicks rowGadkari was caught in a controversy late last year when he was spotted riding a scooter without a helmet, which is mandatory, in his hometo...
15 Jan, 2015, 11.11 PM IST