EV fires: Boom Motors recalls Corbett bikes, stops production temporarily

Boom will be the fourth company to recall its E2W brands involved in fire incidents, after Okinawa, PureEV and Ola Electric

Boom Motors, the Coimbatore-based electric two-wheeler manufacturer is recalling its e-bike Corbett within days after a fatal accident. It also became the first E-two wheeler maker to halt production temporarily after the government order.

Meanwhile, taking a serious note of the fire incidents which have become recurrent since the onset of the summers, the government has come down heavily on the e-two wheeler manufacturers.

In a virtual meeting that were attended by over top 50 officials from representing various two-wheeler manufacturers, Giridhar Aramane, secretary, ministry of road transport and heavy industries (MoRTH) ordered asked manufacturers to quickly recall the faulty batches of