In yet one more fire incident involving electric automobiles (EVs) within the nation, at least seven electric bikes caught fire at a showroom right here reportedly on account of overcharging.
The fire brigade needed to be introduced in to douse the fire at the showroom located close to the Gangadham space of Market Yard on Monday evening.
Reports earlier claimed that the EV fire engulfed a showroom that sells electric two-wheelers and bikes from Komaki India.
However, Subhash Sharma, Operation Head, Komaki, advised IANS that the latest fire incident prompted at a showroom is definitely not a Komaki automobile and does not include the unique battery supplied with the scooter.
“The showroom is multi-brand. The claim for cause of fire which is described as overcharging is also very suspectful as battery being charged by dealer in case of overheating normally should emit smoke only as chemistry of the battery is ‘LIPO4’ and should heat up to 115 degree Celsius which cannot be ignored,” Sharma defined.
Moreover, he mentioned, after going by means of the service file, “we have proof that the vehicle being claimed as cause of fire was subject to removal of batteries and didn’t contain company connectors”.
No one was harm through the EV fire incident.
The workers at the showroom noticed fire in a single e-bike, which later unfold to 6 others, destroying all of them.
Alarmed at the persevering with fire incidents, the government-formed committee to formulate new pointers for EVs is ready to submit its report quickly.
The authorities had shaped a committee to usher in customary working process (SOP) on battery certification and high quality management as a way to assist EV makers develop environment friendly and secure merchandise for the customers.
The committee has consultants from the Indian Institute of Science-Bangalore, Naval Science and Technological Laboratory in Andhra Pradesh, and the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, amongst others.
The contemporary requirements will deal with traceability of international suppliers of cells and battery parts.
The Centre earlier despatched show-cause notices to EV producers like Ola Electric, Okinawa Autotech and Pure EV, amongst others, warning them why a penal motion shouldn’t be taken in opposition to them for delivering defective electric two-wheelers to the general public.
The EV makers got time until the top of this month to reply intimately to the notices.
Once the responses are in, the federal government will resolve which penal motion is to be taken, if any, in opposition to the EV makers at fault.
–IANS
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