The company says that this recall is to check the scooter’s battery, thermal and safety system.
Ola Electric has issued a recall for 1,441 units of its S1 Pro electric scooter to undergo ‘pre-emptive diagnostics and health check-up’. The recall is the latest one issued by an electric two wheeler manufacturer Okinawa Autotech And pure EV A recall has also been issued to investigate potential fire hazards. The recall is for the batch of scooters manufactured with the unit that caught fire in Pune on March 26.
“As a pre-emptive measure, we will conduct detailed diagnostics and health check-ups of scooters in that specific batch and are therefore issuing voluntary return of 1,441 vehicles,” the company said in a statement.
The Ola Electric S1 Pro fire in Pune last month was one of the incidents of EV fire in recent months.
Late last month, an Ola Electric S1 Pro in Pune went up in flames with video that showed the scooter smoking a roadside and doing rounds on social media. This incident is one of the many incidents that have been reported in the country where single units have been reported to burn while they are being parked, battery exploding during charging. A bunch of scooters catching fire while being carried. The most recent incident was an explosion in the battery of a Pure EV scooter while charging in Telangana, in which one person lost his life.
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Ola, however, has said that the fire on the S1 Pro was an isolated incident based on its preliminary investigation. The company said that the investigation is still ongoing.
“Our battery pack is already tested to AIS 156, the latest proposed standard for India, apart from being compliant with European standard ECE 136,” the company said.
Ola says its battery packs meet manufacturing and testing standards, including AIS 156.
Following the latest EV fire incidents, Road Transport and Highways Minister, Nitin Gadkari, revealed last week that the government had constituted an expert committee to probe the incidents. He also revealed that the government plans to impose fines on manufacturers with new quality guidelines that are due to be released soon.
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India may soon see one too New Battery Swapping Policy It is being implemented with government think-tank NITI Aayog, which released a draft policy last week. The policy calls for infrastructure development in other cities for setting up of battery swapping stations for electric two-wheelers and three-wheelers on priority in metros with a population of more than 40 lakhs. The policy also called for selling vehicles without batteries with swappable batteries in order to provide lower prices to the customers.
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