Moment of reckoning for electric two-wheeler makers?

Four electronic-scooters burst into flames in quick succession in as many parts of the country late last month. And the news spread like wildfire with the visuals and video footage of the burning two-wheelers flooding social media platforms.

The manufacturers, on their part, went into fire-fighting mode. They claimed that the battery-run two-wheelers were as safe as the vehicles that run on internal combustion engines.

They also rejected the theory, which has been doing the rounds on social media platforms, that such vehicles were not fit to withstand Indian conditions– like the heat, potholed roads and heavy loads.