India, July 3 -- The BAT BMS Bluetooth app has become the centre of a major controversy in India after several viral videos showed people allegedly using it to switch off moving e-rickshaws with a ...

What happened? The controversy surfaced after videos on social media showed people remotely disabling e-rickshaws using smartphone applications connected to Bluetooth-enabled battery management ...

In a major development, the BAT BMS App, which was allegedly used to remotely disable e-rickshaws, has been removed from both the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store following government ...

The issue has also reached the Delhi government. A Chinese smartphone application named BAT-BMS is being used by people to remotely shut down e-rickshaws -- locally called "tirris" -- through a ...

The Indian government has directed the blocking of three battery management applications — BAT-BMS, Lossigy and Epoch i-ion — after they were found to be misused to remotely disable battery-operated ...

The Centre has directed the removal of three Chinese mobile apps following reports that they were being used to remotely switch off e-vehicles, including electric rickshaws, raising concerns about ...