Following reports that e-rickshaws are being remotely disabled in India, government has decided to remove the mobile applications linked to concerns over the remote shutdown of e-rickshaws. Earlier, videos had surfaced saying certain vehicles could be disabled through the Chinese smartphone application BAT-BMS.
A poor E-rickshaw driver had to push his vehicle nearly 3 km after someone disabled it using a Chinese app, leaving him exhausted, helpless, and without a day’s earnings.
Please help if you see someone like this🙏pic.twitter.com/ofD6SCh5PV— Desi Knight (@HinduKnightt) July 2, 2026
BAT-BMS, Lossigy, and Epoch-i-ion apps are the ones that will be removed from app stores in India amid this concern.
As per a report in The New Indian Express, IT Secretary said at the sidelines of CII Cybersecurity Summit, “That is right. There are a couple of apps, which came to our notice yesterday and both of them have been taken down from the app stores.”
Apps like BAT-BMS and Lossigy say they are there for management of Electric Vehicles’ battery health, but this lithium-ion battery management system doesn’t require passwords to connect. It connects to compatible Bluetooth-enabled lithium batteries. The apps show real-time battery status, charge level, voltage, current, temperature, cycle count, and cell health.
However, the lack of security features in the apps leave these e-rickshaw drivers vulnerable to such incidents where anyone can remotely hut their e-rickshaw down after connecting to their device.
