EV fire: Electric scooter goes up in flames in fourth incident involving Okinawa

At least eight incidents of fire on EVs have been reported in a month in different parts of the country including forty electric scooters of Jitendra Electric Vehicles together catching fire in a transport container in Nashik on April 9, the biggest of such accidents.

Amid growing concerns over safety issues around EVs owing to these incidents, all testing norms for batteries, cells and battery management are being revised, sources told CNBC-TV18 earlier.

The government is also holding a dialogue with companies whose vehicles were involved in the recent fire incidents.

Meanwhile, EV makers involved in these incidents have recalled their vehicles from the market. These include Okinawa, PureEV, Ola, Boom Motor and Jitendra EV, government sources told CNBC-TV18.