# Ola Electric to Recall 1,441 E-Scooters after EV catching fire incident

URL: https://technosports.co.in/ola-ev-scooter/  
Published: 2022-04-25  
Updated: 2022-04-25  
Author: Nivedita Bangari

Softbank-backed Ola Electric announced on Sunday that 1,441 of its electric scooters will be recalled, weeks after one of its vehicles caught fire, prompting a federal investigation.  
  
Indian start-ups are involved in scooters. Fires have also been reported in Okinawa and PureEV, in what some are calling an early setback for a new sector that is critical to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s carbon reduction and climate aspirations.

![Ola](https://technosports.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Ola-S1-Pro-Scooter.webp)
*credit:source*
*credit:source*

Last month, India initiated an investigation into the fires and appointed an expert committee to give recommendations on how to deal with the situation. This month, Okinawa issued a recall for 3,215 automobiles.

“We will be conducting a detailed diagnostics and health check of the scooters in that specific batch and therefore are issuing a voluntary recall of 1,441 vehicles,” Ola Electric said in a statement on Sunday.

India wants electric scooters and motorcycles to account for 80% of total two-wheeler sales by 2030, up from just 2% today, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration is providing companies billions of dollars in incentives to manufacture EVs in the country.

![Ola](https://technosports.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ola-scooter-fire-pune-india-1024x537.jpg)
*credit:source*
*credit:source*

Ola stated it supported an EV safety policy and that a preliminary investigation into a fire in one of its vehicles found it was an isolated incidence, and that the recalls were a “pre-emptive step.”

also read:

[Apple rumoured to ship its 2025 iPhone and Mac With potential 2nm chips](https://technosports.co.in/2022/04/24/apple-2nm-chip/)

[source](https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/softbank-backed-ola-electric-recall-1441-e-scooters-2022-04-24/)