Ather Energy CEO and Co-Founder Tarun Mehta has given a statement regarding this. In an interview to CNBC TV18, Mehta said that most of the batteries for electric vehicles are brought into India from outside countries. These batteries are not designed for the weather here. In a developing country like India, the demand for electric vehicles is increasing day by day. Almost all the big automotive companies are manufacturing electric two wheelers. Whereas most of the batteries for these are imported from China. Mehta says that most of these batteries are not suited to the environment here. The average road temperature in India remains around 45 degrees. In such a situation, it is natural for the battery to overheat.
Along with this, the CEO of Ather Energy also said that the second reason for this is the increasing demand for high-speed electric vehicles in India. Companies are making high-speed EVs in which battery overheating is inevitable. Explaining the reason for this, he said that using a high grade electric motor with a battery meant for less powerful motors puts more thermal load on the battery. Eventually, the battery overheats and the vehicle catches on fire.
As the demand for electric vehicles is increasing in India, there is a need for a regulatory agency for this segment in the country which can ensure that only those batteries are imported into the country which are compatible with the electric vehicles here and its environment. be. Recently, a fire broke out in the Ola S1 Pro parked on the side of the road in Pune. Reports suggest that in September last year, two Pure EV scooters caught fire. A month later, in October, Okinawa’s electric scooter caught fire. In December too, a scooter of HCD India caught fire.
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