As Electric vehicle two-wheeler sales dipped amid battery fire concern, Okinawa Autotech, PureEV and Ola Electric recalled 6,656 vehicles after the battery explosion incidents rose in the country, the government has informed, saying it is extra vigilant about the safety standards of electric vehicles and experts are on the job.

Krishan Pal Gurjar, the minister of state for heavy industries, responded to a question in the Lok Sabha by saying that an expert group is looking into the battery explosion events in EV two-wheelers.

According to the ministry, Okinawa Autotech, PureEV, and Ola Electric collectively recalled 6,656 EVs, while Okinawa Autotech recalled 3,215 units and Ola Electric recalled 1,441 units.

"The task of addressing the recent safety-related issues with electric vehicles has been delegated to the expert committee. To ensure compliance, component testing for EVs is carried out in accordance with pertinent standards, as outlined in Rule 126 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rule, 1989 "Gurjar told us. 

In response, the minister stated that the expert committee was "formed with independent experts from DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organization), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, and Naval Science & Technological Laboratory (NSTL), Visakhapatnam to tackle the safety-related recent issues of electric vehicles." 
He said that the government is vigilant about the safety standards of electric vehicles.

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