On April 24, 2022, Ola Electric announced that it’s voluntarily recalling 1,441 of its electric scooters in India. The reason: In late March, 2022, one of its scooters reportedly caught fire in Pune. The Indian government recently announced that it will impose strict penalties on EV makers found to be negligent in cases where vehicles catch fire. This move comes after some other electric scooters from some other electric scooter makers also caught fire in recent months.
"Our internal investigation into the March 26 vehicle fire incident in Pune is ongoing and the preliminary assessment reveals that the thermal incident was likely an isolated one," read Ola’s press statement, as reported by the Economic Times of India.
