A recent video reported over the Internet by the Youtuber Ride with Mayur showcases a truck load of electric scooters catching fire while in Transportation. The truck load of scooters caught fire while being transported to a dealership from a factory.
In the past few months we have seen several Electric scooters catching fire, this time it was the jitendra EV scooters that became the victim, the reason of the fire outbreak is still unclear.
The video-(Truck load of Electric Scooters Catch Fire)
In the video there is a truck standing and the doors of the trailer open wide because the electric scooters that are on the upper berth have caught fire. They are burning violently and producing a lot of smoke out of the burning plastic. We can also see that the firefighters are on the spot and they are spraying water on the scooters to extinguish the fire which is a terrible mistake because water itself conducts electricity. Such facts truly showcase how unprepared the nation is towards electric vehicles beyond the jingoism of the automotive industry. Electric fires are never to be extinguished with water as doing so would only make the situations worse.
The incident was reported on 9th April in Nashik, Maharashtra. The truck was carrying a load of electric scooters of Jitendra EV. There were about 40 scooters out of which 20 odd caught fire. The reason behind the spontaneous fire is not yet known. Fortunately, no causalities have been reported till now.
Accidents in the past-(Truck load of Electric Scooters Catch Fire)
Up until now Ola Electric’s S1 Pro, Pure EV’s Electric scooter, Sahara EV’s scooter and Okinawa Autotech electric scooter have caught fire. Because of the alarming rate of these incidents the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MORTH) has launched an investigation into such incidents. They want to learn the reason behind such spontaneous bouts of explosive fires.
Ongoing Investigation-(Truck load of Electric Scooters Catch Fire)
The Ministry has brought up Defense Research and Development Organization’s CFEES laboratory to conduct an investigation. CFEES stands for the Centre for Fire, Explosive and Environment Safety. The ministry also made its CFEES responsibility to suggest some remedial measures for improvement in each of the cases. The government is quite serious about fires caused by electric vehicles as conversion to EV’s remains to be a big step towards a sustainable future. Independent experts from the science and technology have been hired. They will probe into the incident and file the reports to the Ministry.
Ola Electric has already launched an investigation of the incident where their scooter caught fire. Fortunately enough, no one was injured. Ola Electric said, “We are well aware of an incident that happened in Pune with of our scooters and we are investigating to understand the root cause and will share vital updates soon. We’re in constant touch with the customer who is safe and healthy. Vehicle safety is of paramount importance here at Ola and we are committed to the highest quality standards in all our products. We take this incident very seriously and will take appropriate action and share more about it in the coming days.”
The worst case yet-(Truck load of Electric Scooters Catch Fire)
Okinawa’s case was different a tragic scenario that resulted in a man and his daughter losing their life in the accident. The scooter caught fire while being charged at home. The fire happened because of a short circuit possibly in the internal wiring of the occupant’s house. A simple electric surge protector could have saved them. before buying Electric scooter of any sort it’s important to note the viability of it at your place, how will you charge the scooter as well as the internal wiring at your place , and only buy one once being insured of all of these parameters.
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