Electric vehicle makers plan contingencies after e-scooters catch fire: Report
After videos of an S1 Pro model of Ola Electric catching fire in Pune and Tamil Nadu’s Vellore went viral, electric vehicle makers are scrambling to come up with technical solutions to risks of overheating to avoid such incidents in the future.
Ola Electric has launched an investigation into the matter but its peers have taken the mishap as a warning and are now planning to work closely with component and battery manufacturers to troubleshoot and weed out similar safety issues, The Economic Times reported.
Insiders told the publication that EV manufacturers, hoping to scale their business in the country, are ignoring basic safety rules as they hurry to attract customers through the benefits of Centre’s FAME-II (Faster Adoption of Electric and Hybrid Vehicles-II)
