EV companies under fire, govt sends show cause notice

Months after a spate of fires in two-wheelers put a bumpy ride in India's EV overdrive, the government has reportedly sent show cause notices to firms asking them to detail the reasons for the recent fire incidents with their two-wheeler electric vehicles.

According to reports, the government has asked electric scooter OEMs, including Ola Electric, Okinawa Autotech, and Pure EV, to explain why they should not be penalised for the fire incidents.

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The companies have been given 30-days time till July-end to respond to the notice.

EV fire incidents in recent times have triggered a safety debate in India. The most recent incident involves a Tata Nexon EV which caught fire in Mumbai. Meanwhile, Ola, Okinawa and Pure have voluntarily recalled nearly 7,000 e-two-wheelers of the models that had caught fire.