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  • 6/17/2025
Taipei is ordering inspections of all electric buses in its fleet after one caught fire on Monday. No one was hurt and a battery failure is suspected. The incident comes as Taiwan pushes to electrify all buses in the country by 2030.
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00:00Taipei's public transport office is ordering inspections of all 858 electric buses on the
00:07roads after a fire on Monday.
00:09The office says it was the first case of its kind to happen in Taipei.
00:13Nobody was hurt in the incident despite the fire that engulfed the vehicle.
00:18A battery failure is suspected, but the cause remains under investigation.
00:22The incident comes as the transport ministry aims to make all buses in Taiwan electric
00:27by 2030.

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