In what’s doubtlessly the nation’s greatest incident of electrical scooters catching fireplace to this point, a batch of 20 electrical two-wheelers made by Jitendra EV erupted in flames whereas being transported from the corporate’s manufacturing facility in Nashik.
The firm confirmed the incident and stated that it was investigating the trigger behind it.
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“An unfortunate incident took place on 9th April near our factory gate in a scooter. The situation was immediately brought under control by timely intervention from our team. Safety being of prime importance, we are investigating the root cause and we will soon come out with findings,” a spokesperson for Jitendra EV stated.
The Road Transport Ministry, it’s learnt, has taken cognisance of the incident and is within the technique of summoning representatives of the corporate to current a report on its findings concerning the incident.
According to information revealed by Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA), Jitendra EV bought 3,788 two-wheeler items in 2021-22 (April-March), in contrast with 619 items bought within the yr in the past interval. A complete of two.31 lakh electrical two-wheelers have been bought throughout 2021-22. This is at the very least the fifth such incident of electrical scooters abruptly erupting into flames in the previous few weeks. Last month, an Ola S1 professional electrical scooter caught fireplace in Pune whereas parked on the roadside of a busy business space. In a extra tragic occasion, an EV made by Okinawa erupted into flames claiming the lives of a person and his 13-year-old daughter.
Prompted by these, the Road Transport Ministry had ordered a probe into the incidents and roped within the Centre for Fire Explosive and Environment Safety, a unit of the Defence Research and Development Organisation, to represent and impartial group and perform an investigation into the incidents. While conclusive causes behind these incidents are but to be clear, consultants have stated rising temperatures and manufacturing defects might be potential causes behind the fires.