More NYC fires caused by lithium-ion batteries from e-bikes in 2 months than in all of 2019: FDNY chief

Nypost ^ | 03/03/2024 | Ronny Reyes

[ChicagoConservative27]

Lithium-ion batteries used in E-bikes and other electronic mobility devices are now a leading cause of fires in New York City following their popularity surged during the pandemic’s delivery boom, FDNY officials say.

FDNY Chief Fire Marshal Daniel Flynn told The Post that fires related to lithium-ion batteries have gone up nearly nine-fold since the pandemic, with more blazes related to the batteries happening in the last two months than in all of 2019.

“It’s the prevalence of these e-devices on our streets, there’s way more of them now than ever before,” Flynn said.

[ChicagoConservative27]

Nothing to see here. Keep moving. It's all about the clean energy...🙄

[Mark]

” Clean energy BASHING!” Save our planet!(????SSSS)

[NWFree]

The fires cause more pollution than these silly things could possibly prevent

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

And I bet those fires release all kinds of nice toxic gases that are wonders for the enviornment

[Gaffer]

Chinese batteries? Or that they are very often subjected to extreme temperature shifts or being charged when frozen, too hot, etc.?

[mewzilla]

From last month...

Lithium-ion battery caused deadly Harlem apartment building fire, FDNY says

[mewzilla]

And I'll just toss this one cuz...whoa...

Lithium battery fires now the biggest cause of insurance claims on ships Crews struggle to fight the blazes which can sink huge container vessels

[Allegra]

NYC is bad for da erf. 🌍

[mewzilla]

From January...

Insurer Aviva issues warning over rising claims related to lithium-ion battery fires 15 January 2024 INSURER AVIVA is urging consumers to be “on their guard” after witnessing a 7% increase in customer claims across the past year in relation to fires started by lithium-ion batteries, which are commonly found in rechargeable devices including smart phones, tablets, power tools, e-bikes and e-scooters.

[frank ballenger]

If people’s property gets burned by an EV bike or car fire, can the owners sue for damages?

Will the US step in to protect the guilty EV owners from lawsuits?

I would like laws to keep the EVs away from people’s carports, apartments, cars in lots and houses. Like ones now prohibiting the storage of gas, fire accelerants and explosives. These are in apartment leases, too. Just add EVs.

[frank ballenger]

So good anti EV people like me pay higher insurance due to bad people who own EVs.

(Yes, I divide people into good and bad. Controversial.)

My Back Pages

Crimson flames tied through my ears
Rolling high and mighty traps
Pounced with fire on flaming roads
Using ideas as my maps
“We’ll meet on edges, soon,” said I
Proud ‘neath heated brow

Good and bad, I define these terms
Quite clear, no doubt, somehow

Ah, but I was so much older then
I’m younger than that now

[The Great RJ]

While these e-bikes and scooters may be using cheap Lithium batteries made with less quality control that those in EVs making them more susceptible to fires, all lithium batteries pose a serious fire hazard. When lithium batteries catch fire of course they are putting a significant amount hazardous materials into the environment.

Environmentalists seem not to notice the obvious pollution from lithium batteries, nor do they recognize the damage to wildlife posed by wind farms and solar arrays. A Rube Goldberg scheme to collect waste CO2 from corn ethanol plants and ship it under pressure in a pipeline from Iowa to North Dakota for injection deep underground also seems to pass under the environmentalists radar when any other pipelines would draw mass protests and regulatory roadblocks.

[chief lee runamok]

It's all on the newcomers, migrants, illegal aliens, (choose your preferred term).

Stolen e-bikes gotta be charged somewhere.

[SauronOfMordor]

How much from slipshod Chinese batteries?

[zeugma]

Lithium battery fires now the biggest cause of insurance claims on ships Crews struggle to fight the blazes which can sink huge container vessels

Eventually, they won't be able to ship these devices at all.

[hecticskeptic]

How much from slipshod Chinese batteries?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Probably most of them. This is a story from about a month ago regarding replacement batteries for Dyson cordless vacuums. Turns out it had nothing to do with Dyson... the replacement batteries were made in China....
https://www.cpsc.gov/Newsroom/News-Releases/2024/CPSC-Warns-Consumers-to-Immediately-Stop-Using-ZAUTNKN-INC-Lithium-Ion-Replacement-Battery-Packs-for-Dyson-Vacuums-Due-to-Fire-Hazard-Sold-on-Amazon-com

[hecticskeptic]

How much from slipshod Chinese batteries?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Probably most of them. This is a story from about a month ago regarding replacement batteries for Dyson cordless vacuums. Turns out it had nothing to do with Dyson... the replacement batteries were made in China....
https://www.cpsc.gov/Newsroom/News-Releases/2024/CPSC-Warns-Consumers-to-Immediately-Stop-Using-ZAUTNKN-INC-Lithium-Ion-Replacement-Battery-Packs-for-Dyson-Vacuums-Due-to-Fire-Hazard-Sold-on-Amazon-com

[mewzilla]

A couple of updates...

EV Fire Protection Materials, Protecting a US$3.5 Trillion Market

New Technologies Aim To Mitigate Inflight Smoke and Fire Events Inflight smoke and fire events are increasing