This is the dramatic moment an electric motorcycle exploded in a huge fireball along a road in Thailand.

The two-wheeler was coasting along the street in Kanchanaburi province when thick smoke began billowing from its engine on June 30.

CCTV footage shows the EV motorbike leaving a trail of white smoke before erupting in a shower of sparks on the roadside.

Worried onlookers watched from across the street and called authorities as the fire grew larger.

The terrified driver had managed to run to safety as the flames engulfed his vehicle.

Firefighters later arrived to extinguish the blaze and there were no injuries reported.

The incident raises further questions about the rise of EVs and the safety of their batteries, which rely on rare earth minerals and metals mined from remote African countryside, leaving a devastating impact on the environment.

China, the world's biggest manufacturer of batteries for EVs, has become the main source of metals such as cobalt that Western firsms including Tesla rely upon.