As the federal government probes a number of fires in electrical two-wheelers, just one per cent family shoppers plan to purchase an e-scooter within the subsequent six months amid security and efficiency issues, a brand new report confirmed on Monday.
Round 32 per cent of respondents aren’t satisfied in regards to the security and efficiency of electrical scooters in August whereas in March this 12 months, the quantity stood at 17 per cent – as greater than two dozen electrical two-wheelers caught hearth in March and April, in response to information supplied by neighborhood social media platform LocalCircles.
After greater than two dozen electrical two-wheelers caught hearth in March and April, round 7,000 items had been “voluntarily” recalled by electrical scooter makers akin to Ola, Pure EV, and Okinawa.
The federal government arrange a committee of consultants from Centre for Fireplace, Explosive and Setting Security (CFEES) and the Indian Institute of Science to hold out detailed investigation and body ‘quality-centric’ tips for EV producers, that are anticipated to be launched quickly.
The fallout of EV fires is that simply 1 per cent of over 11,000 respondents stated they plan to purchase an e-scooter within the subsequent 6 months.
Almost 5 per cent stated they’re eager to purchase however “weren’t satisfied in regards to the infrastructure obtainable for e-scooters the place I dwell/work” and seven per cent stated they don’t have funds for purchasing e-scooters.
The survey additionally revealed that urge for food for e-scooters shouldn’t be excessive as 31 per cent households don’t drive them and an extra 9 per cent shared that that they had sufficient autos at house so had no plans to purchase a two-wheeler.
“The fireplace incidents, which resulted in accidents for some together with lack of automobile, adversely impacted shopper sentiments main to say no in electrical automobile two-wheeler gross sales for 2 months,” the survey stated.
Ather Power and Ola Electrical have suffered the largest drop in gross sales as clients delay buying EVs amid battery hearth incidents.
There are at the moment over 1,640 operational public EV charging stations in India, of which greater than 940 are in 9 mega cities.
Of those, 678 EV charging stations had been put in between October 2021 and January 2022.
The present capability is geared to energy about 1.8 lakh new electrical autos.
Whereas there are folks eager to purchase e-scooters, concern over security and efficiency are rising.
“It’s vital for the federal government and business to win shopper confidence,” the report talked about.
(Apart from the headline, the remainder of this IANS article is un-edited)
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