In a statement issued by Ola Electric, it was said that, we are fully aware of the incident of fire. Investigation is being done to know its root cause.
The investigation into the fire incident in Ola Electric’s electric scooter S1 Pro has begun. The probe was launched by the company after a video of the scooter catching fire on Saturday has gone viral on social media and many people have raised questions regarding the safety of the scooter. After this, the investigation of the incident has been started by issuing a statement on behalf of the company.
In a statement issued by Ola Electric, it was said that, we are fully aware of the incident of fire. Investigation is being done to know its root cause. We are taking this incident seriously and updates will be shared with everyone in the coming days. Company CEO Bhavish Aggarwal said that our priority is safety. Checking this out. Contact is being made to the customer whose scooter caught fire.
Ola scooter in flames highlights safety issues with batteries. NMC cells more prone to ‘Thermal Runaway’ or spontaneous fires than LFP cells. @OlaElectric must investigate & give us answers. Thank God no one injured and # burnol not needed! pic.twitter.com/kupn2fANTP
— Hormazd Sorabjee (@hormazdsorabjee) March 26, 2022
There was a sudden fire
The video of the electric scooter S1 Pro catching fire went viral on Saturday. This video is being told from Pune. It can be seen that a scooter is parked on the side of the road. Suddenly heavy smoke emanates from the scooter and on sight the scooter catches fire. However, fortunately, no one was present around the scooter at the time of the incident.
