GREAVES COTTON , GABRIEL INDIA : Govt Asks EV Makers To Halt Electric Two-Wheeler Launches
The government has asked electric two-wheeler manufacturers not to launch new vehicles till the recent spate of incidents of fire in electric scooters are investigated. This was communicated to manufacturers at a meeting called by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways on Monday to discuss the rising number of incidents of fire in electric two-wheelers. All electric vehicle manufacturers have been asked to voluntarily recall entire batch of vehicles if one from that batch was involved in a fire incident.