Ola Electric, the electric vehicle division of the popular cab hailing service, has just announced that it will be recalling more than 1,400 units of its electric scooters in India following recent fire accidents.
According to a Reuters report, the company is issuing the recall following a government probe into the fire accidents of its electric scooters. For those unaware, there have been many cases of electric scooters catching fire in India. These incidents weren’t just limited to Ola Electric scooters, and even included the likes of Okinawa and Pure EV as well. Notably, Okinawa has also issued a recall for its electric scooters in the India following these fire accidents.
As of right now, most of these incidents are believed to be caused due to the battery on the EVs overheating in the Indian summer. A lack of proper safeguards and design flaws are believed to be the primary factors for these accidents. Thus, it had prompted the Indian road transport ministry to urge the Centre for Fire, Explosive, and Environmental Safety (CFEES) to launch an investigation into these incidents to find out the root cause and prevent such accidents in the future.
In a statement, Ola Electric said that “We will be conducting a detailed diagnostics and health check of the scooters in that specific batch and therefore are issuing a voluntary recall of 1,441 vehicles.” Although, the brand also added that one of its vehicles catching fire was an isolated event and these recalls are just a “pre-emptive measure.”
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