Activist Post By B.N. Frank
Most people seem to be aware that electric vehicle (EV) batteries have been catching fire and exploding â sometimes while being charged â and that there have been numerous recalls to address this issue (see 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7). Additionally, earlier this month, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced it had started investigating safety defects in EV batteries. Unfortunately, batteries for electric bikes (E-bikes), scooters, and other micro-mobility devices have been catching fire and exploding too.
From Gov Tech:
NYC Residents Suffer Burns from E-Bike Battery Explosions
In New York City over the span of a day, malfunctioning lithium-ion batteries have led e-bikes to catch fire, leaving a dozen people injured. Last year, four people died due to similar fires.
Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News
(TNS) â A dozen people were injured in four separate fires across the city sparked by lithium-ion e-bike batteries in a 24-hour span, FDNY officials said Friday.
The blazes, which broke out in Chelsea, Inwood, East Harlem and Kensington, are a continuation of a troubling trend of malfunctioning lithium-ion batteries used to power electric bicycles. The phenomenon was responsible for four deaths last year, the department said.
The first fire took place on the third floor of a nine-story apartment building on W. 23rd St. near Seventh Ave. in Chelsea when an e-bike battery exploded into flames, leaving the bike a scorched ruin. A resident of the building suffered smoke inhalation during the 7 a.m. fire.
can’t charge them outdoors in wet seasons as charger says… just be careful to go to battery stores that been around for a few years n get correct recommended battery .. My mobility scooter after 2 yrs will only half charge my batteries n there is new ones now n same thing. There seems no problem to cause it. They just do not make anything the way they used too. It all mfg China. You got to have your focus on Christ n the angels that watch over you to get thru the mind fields of earth n be heaven bound. God is on the side of the righteous.