There may be more fires in electric scooters in the future but such incidents are very rare, the chief executive of India’s Ola Electric said at a private company event after safety concerns were heightened by a fire in one of its scooters in March.
Ola’s e-scooter fire was among a spate of similar recent incidents that triggered an uproar on social media and an investigation by the government.
The company, backed by Japan’s SoftBank Group, has recalled more than 1,400 e-scooters and appointed external experts to investigate the cause.
“Will there be occurrences in the future, there might be,” Chief Executive Bhavish Aggarwal responded when asked a question about the fires at a private event on Sunday.
