A Mumbai entrepreneur criticized a viral prank using apps to disable e-rickshaws, impacting drivers' livelihoods. | Trending

Viral videos showed a number of people filming themselves approaching e-rickshaws and switching them off mid-journey using a mobile app. | India News

In a test conducted by Hindustan Times with a driver's consent, an e-rickshaw was switched off remotely and could only be restarted through the same app. | India News

A Mumbai entrepreneur criticized a viral prank using apps to disable e-rickshaws, impacting drivers' livelihoods. | Trending

Drivers said that e-rickshaws have long been susceptible to this problem but it has surged recently after videos of the vehicles being stopped mid-way surfaced. | India News

n this video, we explain how the BAT-BMS app was allegedly used to remotely disable certain e-rickshaws, why some Bluetooth-enabled battery systems became vulnerable, the impact…

Amid snowballing incidents of miscreants using mobile apps to switch off e-rickshaw batteries and abruptly halt vehicles on the street, Hindustan Times' Gargi Shukla demonstrates…