Ola Electric Recalls 1,400 Units Of Electric Two-Wheelers After Incidents Of Vehicles Catching Fire

Widespread incidents of electric vehicles catching fire have been reported recently from various parts of the country, forcing manufacturers to recall their vehicles. 

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New Delhi: Electric Vehicle (EV) manufacturer Ola Electric has recalled 1,441 units of electric scooter after incidents of its vehicles catching fire were reported, as per a company statement, reported news agency PTI. 

The company has however said that investigation is underway into the fire incident on March 26 in Pune and preliminary assessment had found that it was an isolated event. 

"As a pre-emptive measure we will be conducting a detailed diagnostic and health check of the scooters in that specific batch and therefore are issuing a voluntary recall of 1,441 vehicles," the company said further. 

Ola Electric further said, "These scooters will be inspected by our service engineers and will go through a thorough diagnostics across all battery systems, thermal systems as well as the safety systems." Ola Electric said its battery systems already complies with and is tested for AIS 156, the latest proposed standard for India, in addition to being compliant with the European standard ECE 136, reported the news agency.

Widespread incidents of electric vehicles catching fire have been reported recently from various parts of the country, forcing manufacturers to recall their vehicles. 

Another electric vehicle manufacturer Okinawa Autotech had also recalled 3,000 units while PureEV also did similar exercises for around 2,000 units. 

A 42-year-old DTP operator, K Siva Kumar died in Andhra Pradesh’s Vijayawada after the battery of his new Boom Corbett 14 electric scooter exploded. A similar incident had taken place in Telangana Nizamabad where an 80-year-old man lost his life due to electric vehicle battery explosion.