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The government-appointed expert committee, which probes incidents of Ola Electric’s S1 Pro and Okinawa vehicles catching fires, has added the latest case of fire involving PureEV electric scooter to its investigation, a senior government official told Business Standard<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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“A team comprising experts from Indian Institute of Science (IISC) and Centre for Fire, Explosive and Environment Safety (CFEES) are investigating the cases.<\/p>\n

“As soon as the report is submitted, we shall take appropriate action,” said Giridhar Aramane, secretary at the ministry of road transport and highways.<\/p>\n

Videos of a PureEV electric scooter model engulfed in flames in Chennai went viral on social media Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

It was the fourth such incident involving e-scooters within a week, putting in doubt the safety of battery-operated two-wheelers.<\/p>\n

It wasn’t a one-off for the Hyderabad-based PureEV.<\/p>\n

In September 2021, two of its EPluto 7G models caught fire. A company statement on the latest mishap indicated the fire was caused by “Thermal Runaway scenario”, where a battery’s cells reach a critical temperature that causes them to spontaneously combust.<\/p>\n

“We are investigating the incident and will do a thorough assessment.<\/p>\n

“We adhere to the highest safety standards through rigorous internal testing as well as special phase change materials being implemented in our battery packs to avoid rapid fire\/blast kind of scenarios,” the company said about the fire at Mathur toll plaza at Manjampakkam area in north Chennai.<\/p>\n

The Okinawa EV fire in Vellore on Saturday killed a man and his 13-year-old daughter.<\/p>\n

There were no casualties in the Ola vehicle fire in Pune.<\/p>\n

PureEV said that the following mechanisms are in their batteries for the worst-case thermal runaway scenarios and to give adequate warning time periods to end users.<\/p>\n

It claimed that “PURE batteries come with the state-of-the art thermal management system, which is a combination of the electronics coupled with multiple active\/passive materials, to avoid the thermal-runaway events.<\/p>\n

We also have a special vent mechanism so that the smokes get released immediately whenever there is any kind of event inside the battery, otherwise, a pressure cooker kind of scenario can take place, leading to sudden blast\/explosion,” it added.<\/p>\n

India has seen quite a few cases of e-scooter fires in the recent past.<\/p>\n

In December 2021, a 60-year-old man was choked to death and four others were injured in Kanhai village, Gurugram, after their electric two-wheeler exploded while charging at home.<\/p>\n

In the same month, electric bike X1 from Gwalior-based company Super Eco caught fire in Mumbai.<\/p>\n

In September 2021, there was a fire involving an Okinawa electric scooter.<\/p>\n

Experts believe that given the novelty of the technology and an underdeveloped testing system, the government should introduce a mandatory recall policy for EVs.<\/p>\n

If anything it also puts a question mark on the testing agencies that give the type approval to the vehicles.<\/p>\n

“Are they doing enough rounds of safety checks and audits? Maybe not,” said an industry veteran on automobile safety.<\/p>\n

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