{"id":1018950,"date":"2026-07-04T09:15:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T03:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=1018950"},"modified":"2026-07-04T09:40:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T04:10:07","slug":"centre-removes-bat-bms-apps-after-reports-of-remote-e-rickshaw-shutdowns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/07\/04\/centre-removes-bat-bms-apps-after-reports-of-remote-e-rickshaw-shutdowns\/","title":{"rendered":"Centre removes BAT-BMS apps after reports of remote e-rickshaw shutdowns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Central government has directed the removal of two mobile applications linked to the BAT-BMS battery management system from major app stores after reports claimed they could be used to remotely shut down e-rickshaws. The decision follows concerns over public safety after videos circulating on social media showed users allegedly switching off nearby e-rickshaws through Bluetooth connectivity. <\/p>\n<p>According to officials, the apps were removed as a precautionary measure while authorities investigate their capabilities and potential misuse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Central government has directed the removal of two mobile applications linked to the BAT-BMS battery management system from major app stores after reports claimed they could be used to remotely shut down e-rickshaws. The decision follows concerns over public safety after videos circulating on social media showed users allegedly switching off nearby e-rickshaws through Bluetooth connectivity. According to officials, the apps were removed as a precautionary measure while authorities investigate their capabilities and potential misuse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,80,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1018950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-telecom-the-pioneer","category-the-pioneer"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1018950"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1018973,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018950\/revisions\/1018973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1018950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1018950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1018950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}