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The batteries that tend to combust are aftermarket items e-bike users buy online or in scooter stores as supplements or replacements for the battery that came with the device, said FDNY officials.

It's a scourge I tell ya. No mention of the CO2 released.

1 posted on 04/24/2022 2:16:38 AM PDT by Libloather
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No mention of the CO2 released.


Slow global warming. Fight battery powered transportation.

Sometimes its possible to understand Providence enough to Love it—which is slightly different from gloating over Karma.

However, I’m not sure which I am doing.


2 posted on 04/24/2022 2:22:55 AM PDT by Hieronymus
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Cheaply made Chinese aftermarket batteries w/o overcharge protection what could possibly go wrong... As a side note you phone, tablets and laptops have identical batteries in them. If they are name brand items they also have the proper overcharge protection for those cells. We let people carry laptops, tablets and smartphones on aircraft that says something about how safe properly maintained Li-ion cells are.


3 posted on 04/24/2022 2:34:02 AM PDT by JD_UTDallas ("Veni Vidi Vici" )
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Never change a battery unattended.And always change the battery outdoors.

Sounds like storing gasoline in to apartment. And don’t smoke while you are leaning over a gas pump.

So is the root cause operator error, or bad batteries?


4 posted on 04/24/2022 2:35:46 AM PDT by Bernard (Jeffrey Toobin may turn out to be the most ethical character at CNN because he only abused himself.)
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4 fires....2 days....2 a day.....must be occurring all over and going unreported to the general public?


5 posted on 04/24/2022 3:07:17 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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If you live in an urban pedestrian area, kids on these electric bikes are lethal weapons in training, on the sidewalk, and on the street.

I estimate their top speed at over 25 mph.

You cannot see them coming because almost all of them are painted black, they make no sound, and they have no headlight.

If they approach from behind you, your life and health is entirely in their hands.


7 posted on 04/24/2022 4:30:24 AM PDT by zeestephen
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I get electric cars, to a point, but why an electric bike?
A traditional bike is just about the “ greenest” mode of transportation out there other than walking.
I guess it’s just an example of how lazy we have become.


8 posted on 04/24/2022 4:43:17 AM PDT by TexasM1A
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Butt Fires ?


14 posted on 04/24/2022 7:24:17 AM PDT by butlerweave
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