Chennai Experience centre, Wallace Garden Fire incident

Hi, Abhishek in the busy day, I hope in the coming days Ather releases the Incident report public. so the rumours can be shut clear.

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It’s bcz of some external reason or any Ather burn

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Someone from Ather Owners WhatsApp group says it is ceiling shot/short circuit

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Maybe, but I would actually wait for the actual report for my inner peace :v:.

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Yes we need to know the root cause of the incident

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@abhishek.balaji

There was a fire in Ather showroom yesterday (May 27). Good to hear that it is minor and everyone were safe.

I believe, as owners of Ather, we should know details of the reason of the fire as this concerns safety of riders. Please update

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Hey folks,

We’ve shared an update here: An update on the incident in Chennai

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Is this the same scooter which had the accident in Chennai incident?

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No, 450x has around 168 cells, But the CEO said the fired scooter had 224, that means it’s a older gen 450, BTW that photo is from pune service centre.

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450 has more cells than 450x? How?

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Check this out! It shows how the new 21700 cells are replacing the 18650 in the same form factor.

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Maybe the cell type changed to 21700( correct me if I am wrong) so they were able to add more power and range using less cells?

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What is this stupidity? If something not clear or need some clarifications, nothing wrong in putting their doubts as a neutral media / journal.

This looks more like a targeted write-up with lot of assumptions.

I had some respect for Plug India :frowning:

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They just proved that it was black smoke and so it was not a battery fire and it was a short circuit! Eureka moment!

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Ugh, that channel is sponsored by ola, ever since they have got their ola scooter, they have been non-stoping posting how good the scooter is even by creating videos explaing about it :smiling_face_with_tear:. I would not trust their opinion nor any article written by them.

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On the same day, they put a tweet related Ola Fire also. This looks like to make them appear unbiased.

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When so many news going around Ola for Fire, Reverse, Suspension Broke down, severe accidents, they were largely mum about it, except a blog which dealt overall topic recent EV fire incidents.

I like their videos, nice coverage on all EV news including charging infrastructure. Better they stay to their content and be unbiased.

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I was at a conference two weeks ago and two of the speakers used ola’s and Ather’s examples to teach how to build better products. Also, seems like Ather’s open policy did the trick. I don’t see many people talking about the EC fire.

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When will this experience centre be available again any update. Have to take my 450 for service and i don’t want to go to guindy

The service center has already opened and i have went there on Saturdays for some noise check, you can visit them too.

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