The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) below the union client affairs ministry has issued a discover to Ola Electric over the current electrical scooter hearth incidents, sources aware of the developments instructed CNBC-TV18.
The CCPA has given Ola Electric 15 days to answer to the discover. The discover was issued in mid-June, mentioned individuals accustomed to the matter. The CCPA issued notices to Pure EV and Boom Motors final month after their e-scooters exploded.
Taking suo moto cognizance of incidents of fires being reported in electrical autos, the buyer watchdog has requested Ola Electric to elucidate the explanations for the fireplace and share the small print of high quality requirements, in keeping with a number of individuals accustomed to the event.
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Sources within the know instructed CNBC-TV18 that CCPA has additionally referred the matter of Pure EV to the Director General (Investigation) of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) to evaluate the product.
Recently, there have been widespread incidents of electrical two-wheelers catching hearth in varied components of the nation forcing producers to recall their autos.
Boom Motors recalled its electrical two-wheelers offered below the Corbett Bikes model within the final week of April after an explosion of one among its models in Andhra Pradesh’s Vijayawada reportedly led to the demise of a 40-year-old man.
Pure EV determined to recall round 2,000 of its scooters after an 80-year-old man in Telangana’s (*15*) died resulting from an alleged explosion of a battery of one among its scooters.
First Published: IST