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After series of e-scooter fire incidents, Union Minister Gadkari warns ev manufacturers to impose heavy penalty if any company is found with negligence in their process
Post two incidents of e-vehicles catching fire, union minister Nitin Gadkari has warned for heavy financial penalty to ev manufacturer if they are fond with negligence in their manufacturing process. Since then manufactures have rushed to meet senior government officials.
Sources say that last week G.R. Arun Kumar, group Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Ola had also met ministry officials. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari post series of incidents of ev shooters catching fire twitted for seriousness of the issue where some people have lost their life.
The minister twitted “several mishaps involving electric two-wheelers have come to light in the last two months. It is most unfortunate that some people have lost their lives and several have been injured in these incidents. We have constituted an expert committee to enquire into these incidents and make recommendations on remedial steps.”
Several mishaps involving Electric Two Wheelers have come to light in last two months. It is most unfortunate that some people have lost their lives and several have been injured in these incidents.
— Nitin Gadkari (@nitin_gadkari) April 21, 2022
Post this tweet followed by fire incident, Ola recalls 1,441 e-scooters.
ev scooter manufacturing company ola has announced to recall 1,441 e-scooters post series of fire incidents. As the company official said, these vehicles shall be re-inspected and shall be thoroughly go through diagnostics across all systems.
In a statement, Ola said it is investigating a fire incident that happened in Pune on March 26. According to Ola’s preliminary assessment, it was found that the incident was an isolated one.
“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,” Ola Electric said in its statement.
Ola Electric said its battery systems already comply with and is tested for AIS 156, the latest proposed standard for India, in addition to being compliant with the European standard ECE 136.
Okinawa Autotech had recalled over 3,000 units, while PureEV did a similar exercise for around 2,000 units
The fire incidents had prompted the government to form a panel to examine and had warned companies of penalties if they were found to be negligent.
