Okinawa to recall 3,215 units of Praise Pro after electric scooters catch fire

Bengaluru: Okinawa Autotech stated it’s recalling 3,215 Praise Pro electrical scooters within the first such transfer by an electrical automobile firm after its automobile caught fireplace just lately.

“That is a part of a complete energy pack well being checkup camps. The batteries will likely be checked for unfastened connectors or any injury and be repaired freed from cost at any of the Okinawa licensed dealerships pan India” the corporate stated in a press release.

A variety of electrical scooters have caught fireplace just lately at the same time as these corporations come beneath the scanner. Three of Okinawa’s scooters have caught fireplace since October final yr, leading to two casualties.

Okinawa Autotech was the third largest promoting electrical two-wheeler maker in March 2022 with gross sales of 8,284 models.

Ola Electrical, Pure EV and Jitendra EV are different corporations which have seen their electrical scooters catch fireplace within the final three weeks. Ola Electrical is but to publicly touch upon its investigation into the episode.

Firms try other ways to deal with the problem

Naveen Munjal, managing director of Hero Electrical, the most important electrical scooter maker by quantity,
told ET on April 11 that the corporate is holding camps for 450,000 clients and can match sensors on the battery to alert clients in case of fires.

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