Big step of EV company: Ola recalls 1441 e-scooters, decision taken after incidents of frequent fire in vehicles
Ola Electric has recalled 1,441 e-scooters. According to a company statement, this step has been taken in view of the incidents of fire in vehicles. The company said the investigation into the March 26 fire incident in Pune is underway and preliminary investigation found it was an isolated incident.
The company has said that the company will once again investigate the e-scooter so that such an incident does not happen in the future. Ola Electric further said that these scooters will be tested by our engineers.
Battery made according to standards
Ola Electric said that its battery system is already designed as per the norms. In addition to the European standard ECE 136, they have been tested for the newly proposed standard AIS 156 for India.
Pure EV India also recalls 2,000 units
Hyderabad-based EV company Pure EV has also recalled 2,000 units of the e-scooter. The Pure EV scooter has witnessed several fire incidents in Telangana and Tamil Nadu in the recent past. Due to this mistake, the company has taken this step.
E-scooters of other companies are also catching fire
Apart from this, 20 electric scooters of Jitendra EV had caught fire recently. At the same time, cases of fire in Okinawa and Ola e-scooters have also been reported. Some time ago Okinawa has also issued a recall for more than 3000 of its electric scooters.
What do experts say about e-scooters catching fire?
When Bhaskar asked auto expert Tutu Dhawan about the causes of fire in electric vehicles, he said, “The biggest reason for fire in electric vehicles is poor quality batteries coming from China, which are not even certified.” He said, “Another reason for this is rapid or not charging properly.”
He said that one of the main causes of fire in electric vehicle is the batteries. Dhawan also said that 5-8% of the fires in not only electric but diesel-petrol vehicles are caused by batteries.
On the other hand, Tarun Mehta, the founder of the country’s electric vehicle company Ather Energy, had said in an interview that the manufacturers are not giving enough time to design the products and the testing standards made by the government organizations accurately test all the real-life situations. Probably not enough to do.
