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There’s been yet another instance of EV battery explosion in the country, this time in Nizamabad, Telangana. One person was killed and two injured when the detached battery of an electric scooter exploded while it was being charged at the city’s Subhash Nagar Colony on Tuesday night.
According to the police, the deceased, Ramaswamy, aged about 80 years, was sleeping in the room in which the battery was being charged. He suffered severe burns from the explosion and succumbed en route to a hospital.
In his complaint filed with Nizamabad police, Prakash said the battery was kept for charging around 12.30 am and it exploded at 4 am injuring his father, mother and son. The father succumbed to injuries later, he said.
A case has been registered under Section 304 A of Indian Penal Code (`causing death due to negligence) against Pure EV for and the dealer investigation is on.
Vehicle recall
Pure EV, manufactures electric bikes and lithium-ion batteries; it has a research facility at IIT Hyderabad campus where it was also incubated. While expressing regret over the incident, Pure EV said in a statement that it would recall 2000 electric scooters of ETrance Plus and EPluto 7G models. “The vehicles and batteries therein shall undergo a thorough check for their health. We shall inspect the battery for any imbalance issues and shall calibrate through our device BaTRics Faraday (an AI-based hardware which can automatically identify and repair defects in Li-Ion batteries). Additionally the BMS and charger calibration shall be carried out as required,’‘ it said.
The company is also verifying the details of the sale of the vehicle to Prakash as to ascertain if he had purchased a new scooter or a pre-owned vehicle.
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