Ola Electric introduced that the firm is recalling 1,441 electrical scooters in the wake of repeated fire incidents.
Ola Electric stated its battery methods already complies with and is examined for AIS 156, the newest proposed customary for India, in addition to being compliant with the European customary ECE 136. (Photo: Ola)
Ola Electric introduced on Sunday that the firm is recalling 1,441 items of its electrical two-wheelers in the wake of incidents of e-bikes catching fire. These scooters might be inspected by engineers and can undergo diagnostics throughout all methods.
In an announcement, Ola stated it’s investigating a fire incident that occurred in Pune on March 26. According to Ola’s preliminary evaluation, it was discovered that the incident was an remoted 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 stated in its assertion.
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“These scooters will be inspected by our service engineers and will go through diagnostics across all battery systems, thermal systems as well as safety systems,” the firm stated.
Ola Electric stated its battery methods already adjust to and is examined for AIS 156, the newest proposed customary for India, in addition to being compliant with the European customary ECE 136.
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Recently, there have been widespread incidents of electrical two-wheelers catching fire in varied components of the nation, particularly in Tamil Nadu, forcing producers to recall their automobiles.
An electrical bike emitted smoke in Tamil Nadu’s Thiruppur on April 11. That was the fourth such incident of e-bikes catching fire or emitting smoke in three weeks in the state since a father-daughter duo died after an electrical bike exploded whereas charging.
The incidents additionally prompted Centre to kind a panel to look at and warn corporations of penalties in the event that they had been discovered to be negligent.