Hero Electric Sold Nearly 9K EV Two-Wheelers in July 2023: Report

New Delhi: Hero Electrical led the EV two-wheeler phase, promoting 8,952 autos for your entire month, adopted by Okinawa Autotech at 8,094 autos, the most recent VAHAN knowledge has revealed. Ather Power offered simply 1,279 EV two-wheelers for the total month of July from promoting 3,829 autos in June -- a large drop in numbers -- adopted by Ola Electrical which offered 3,852 autos from 5,891 autos in June. Hero Electrical Scooter Catches Fireplace, Firm Says ‘Short Circuit in Power Socket’.

Ampere Autos Pvt Ltd, which offered 6,542 autos in June, noticed a minor drop at 6,312 autos final month. The drop in EV two-wheeler gross sales, based on trade specialists, is because of the worry amongst shoppers relating to the protection of EV two-wheelers in mild of a number of battery fireplace and explosion incidents within the latest previous.

Union Street Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari final month advised Parliament that every one these EV two-wheelers firms have been served show-cause notices whose autos caught fireplace owing to battery points. The Ministry constituted a committee of specialists to recommend security requirements for batteries, battery parts, and associated methods.

Primarily based on the knowledge of fireplace incidents out there, the Ministry of Street Transport and Highways issued a show-cause discover to the CEOs and MDs of the electrical two-wheeler producers involved, to clarify the explanations as to why the related sections of the Motor Autos Act shouldn't be invoked towards them.

The Central Client Safety Authority (CCPA), which comes beneath the Ministry of Client Affairs, stated this week that it issued notices to 4 to 5 EV two-wheeler makers within the mild of a number of complaints raised by the shoppers over battery explosions and fireplace incidents.

The CCPA acquired a number of complaints from the EV two-wheeler consumers. The Defence Analysis and Improvement Organisation (DRDO) has additionally been knowledgeable. A DRDO probe had revealed defects in battery cells in addition to battery design in practically all EV fires.

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