Pure EV Electric Scooter Catches Fire In Telangana

Last Updated on April 21, 2022 by Anu Joy

There appears to be no end to electric scooter fire incidents in India. An electric scooter from Pure EV, a Hyderabad-based company, caught fire on April 19, 2022. This is one of the several electric scooters by the brand to go up in flames. The video was shot in the Warangal city of Telangana state of India. You can see the seat of the red Pure EV ePluto model burning, as the battery is placed under the seat. There were also multiple small explosions happening in its battery pack.  

In March 2022, a Pure EV electric vehicle was captured on video emitting thick white smoke. Going by the video, the scooter seems to have caught fire while running on the highway. Luckily, the owner escaped unharmed. This incident occurred in Chennai. 

A similar incident was caught on video in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, where we can see a blue ePluto scooter of Pure EV emitting white fumes and polluting the surrounding area. 

Pure EV isn’t the only brand that is experiencing battery-related issues in India. Just recently, the Ola S1 Pro by Ola electric had caught fire. In a separate incident, Okinawa’s electric scooters and a dealership went up in flames. Also, electric scooters from Jitendra EV caught fire while being transported to a dealership/warehouse. 

Now that summer’s here, it gets ridiculously hot, especially in the southern states of India. The batteries seem to be incapable of dealing with the Indian heat. Also, these Li-ion batteries are imported, which means they aren’t specifically built for the Indian conditions. Moreover, these low-cost electric scooters lack an active cooling tech usually found on electric cars to keep the batteries cool.  

So far, the EVs have been doing quite the opposite of saving the environment. Many EV owners have already lost their lives in such mishaps. Now, the Road Transport Ministry of India has ordered a probe into the matter and has asked the Centre for Fire Explosive and Environment Safety (CFEES) to suggest remedial measures.