India plans strict guidelines for companies to recall faulty electric vehicles while penalising them if they don’t voluntarily do so, Transport minister Nitin Gadkari warned in a series of tweets on Thursday.
The minister’s warning comes in the wake of a series of fires involving electric two-wheeler batteries across companies in the past two months, including a fatal incident that claimed one life and injured two others in Telangana district this week.
“If any company is found negligent in their processes, a heavy penalty will be imposed and a recall of all defective vehicles will also be ordered,” Gadkari tweeted.
Several mishaps involving Electric Two Wheelers have come to light in last two months. It is most unfortunate that some people have lost their lives and several have been injured in these incidents.
— Nitin Gadkari (@nitin_gadkari) April 21, 2022
“Meanwhile companies may take advance action to recall all defective batches of vehicles immediately,” he added.
The government, which has set up an expert committee to probe the causes for fires, will soon issue quality-centric guidelines for EVs, the minister said.
- Jim Pollard
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