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Only 1 percent consumers plan to buy an e-scooter in the next six months due to safety and performance concerns, a new report reveals, reports IANS. 

According to reports, the EV makers have been given time till July end to respond in detail to the notices. Once the responses are in, the government will decide which penal action is to be taken, if any, against the EV makers at fault.

Union minister Nitin Gadkari also warned EV manufacturers earlier this year after numerous fire incidents.

BIS rolls out new performance standards for electric vehicles to reduce fire accidents

To date, four other Pure EV e-scooters caught fire, the fourth one being reported last month from Hyderabad.

From technical glitches to customer complaints to top-level exits, Ola Electric has been beset by problems ever since production at its sprawling factory in Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu, got under way. What is the road ahead for founder Bhavish Aggarwal?

DRDO's Centre for Fire, Explosive and Environment Safety has completed its investigation into incidents of EV scooters fires and has submitted its fact-finding report to the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways.

Ather Energy plans to use the funding to expand manufacturing facilities, invest in research and development, charging infrastructure and to grow its retail network.

The committee was constituted last month in the wake of EV fires and battery blasts in e-scooters belonging to Okinawa Autotech, Boom Motor, Pure EV, Jitendra EV, and Ola Electric.

Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari had warned EV makers that if any company is found negligent in their processes, "a heavy penalty will be imposed", as reported by IANS.