EV fire | Zee News

Advertisement

EV fire News

electric vehicle

06 Oct 2023

Viral Video: Men Narrowly Escape As EV's Battery Explodes In Sydney Hostel

The video shared on social media platform shows two men barely escaping an explosion caused by Lithium-ion battery used in an electric bike in a hostel in Sydney.

19 Mar 2023

Watch: Indian Family's Tesla Model S Explodes After EV's Battery Catches Fire

The Tesla Model S ended up spitting flames leading to an explosion that was only controlled by the fire department after using 2,300 litres of water on the electric vehicle.

Electric vehicles

25 Feb 2023

EV Battery Fire Blamed For 36 Injuries, 2 Deaths In New York City This Year

Many of the fires blamed on the batteries have been caused by malfunctioning devices left to charge overnight and placed in a hallway or near a door where they can trap people inside a burning apartment.

16 Feb 2023

Ford F-150 Lightning Electric Pickup Production Stopped After Battery Fire

American automaker Ford believes it has identified the root cause of the battery problem, including the likely population of F-150 trucks affected by it.

Electric Scooter fire

28 Oct 2022

Watch: Electric scooter catches fire while on charge; Parking lot fumes up

The electric scooter caught fire while it was put on charge The reason for the fire, however, is not known yet Government has issues guidelines for EV safety due to such fire incidents

Electric vehicles

03 Oct 2022

Electric scooter battery EXPLODES while charging, 7-year-old boy dies

Electric scooter battery EXPLODES while charging in Vasai 7-year-old boy dies due to EV fire The EV fire injured boy's grandmother with minor burns

Electric vehicles

21 Sep 2022

Electric scooter battery catches fire, kills 8-year-old in New York City

Electric scooter battery catches fire in NYC This EV fire killed an 8-year-old girl This was the third EV fire incident reported in the city

Battery Safety Norms

02 Sep 2022

Govt announces new battery safety norms for electric vehicles from October 1

MoRTH makes amendments to AIS 156 and AIS 038 Rev.2 standards New amendments to battery safety norms will come into effect from Oct 1 Changes in norms will put constraints on design aspects of battery packs, chargers and more

Electric vehicles

26 Aug 2022

How does the Plug-in charging helps increase battery life and ensure safety?

The right EV charging solutions ensures that EV batteries are able to retain a long life and are not impacted by sudden disruptions during the charging cycle.

04 Aug 2022

Another Jaguar I-Pace electric SUV catches fire, 4th such incident since 2018

The Jaguar I-Pace is priced at Rs 1.19 crore in India The electric SUV is powered by a 90kWh battery pack The SUV that caught fire was bought in 2019

Electric vehicles

31 Jul 2022

Electric vehicles catching fires are helping industry, says Ather Energy CEO

EV fires has been on a continuous rise Ather Energy CEO said such incidents are only helping the EV industry to mature Ola Electric, Okinawa, PureEV, Ather Energy and many others have been issued notices due to EV fire incidents

22 Jul 2022

Show cause notice sent to EV manufacturers over fire incidents: Nitin Gadkari

Earlier, 3 manufacturers recalled a total of 6,656 electric two-wheelers in April Government formed a committee to bring in standard operating procedure Okinawa recalled 3,215 units of vehicles on April 16

Electric vehicles

05 Jul 2022

Ola, Okinawa, Pure EV gets show cause notice from govt on e-scooter fires

Centre sends show cause notices to Ola Electric, Okinawa Autotech and Pure EV Sources said that the EV makers have been given time till July end to respond Experts found defects in battery cells as well as battery design in nearly all EV fires

29 May 2022

Ather Energy blames ‘rare’ structural breach in e-scooter for EV fire

Ather Energy has blamed an "extremely rare" phenomenon for an EV fire in Chennai EV company said structural breach allowed water into the battery pack of the scooter The crew later "discovered a crack on the top casing of the battery pack

28 May 2022

Ather Energy's Chennai showroom catches fire, first incident with manufacturer

The incident occurred in Chennai The cause of the fire has not been revealed yet This is first such incident with Ather Energy

27 May 2022

EV fire: Hero Electric Photon charred in Odisha while charging

This is the first incident involving Hero Electric The electric scooter was in charge when it caught fire The company's technical visited the spot to analyse the incident

Electric vehicles

24 May 2022

DRDO finds serious battery defects in EVs that caught fire

DRDO has found serious defects in the batteries of EVs that caught fire Manufacturers may have used "lower-grade materials to cut costs," says sources Pure EV and Boom Motors along with Ola Electric, Jitendra EV, and Okinawa Autotech, have recalled batches

13 May 2022

Amidst rising EV fire incidents, Hero MotoCorp CEO says safety most important

Electric Scooters in India are off late catching fire Thermal runaway, high temperature reason behind abrupt fire incidences Hero Motocorp to enter EV space with VIDA brand

12 May 2022

Ola Electric boss says EV fire incidents rare, but can happen in future again

Ola’s e-scooter fire was among an outbreak of EV fire incidents Company has recalled more than 1,400 e-scooters There may be more fires in e-scooters in the future but such incidents are rare, says Ola CEO

Electric vehicles

09 May 2022

Imported Battery at fault for EV fire incidents, not suitable for India

The committee for investigation found battery at fault Defects in battery cells as well as battery design in nearly all EV fires found To date, three Pure EVs, one Ola, three Okinawa and 20 Jitendra EV scooters have caught fire

Loading...

NEWS ON ONE CLICK