Posted on 11/21/2022 6:42:16 AM PST by Erik Latranyi
Some building owners, mainly in New York City, are clamping down on electric bicycles after a recent spate of damaging and deadly battery fires.
Why it matters: E-bikes are surging in popularity, but the benefits they bring — lower emissions, easy transportation — are threatened by the growing toll of injuries and deaths from blazes sparked by their lithium-ion batteries.
E-bike advocates link the problems to batteries that are poorly made, refurbished or improperly charged. New York has seen "an exponential increase" in battery fires this year, Daniel Flynn, chief fire marshal at the New York City Fire Department (FDNY), said at a recent news conference.
Driving the news: A terrifying fire in an apartment building on Manhattan's East 52nd Street this month sent 43 people to the hospital and forced firefighters to rescue a woman dangling from a 20th-floor window. The cause: An e-bike residents left charging by their front door overnight.
In response, at least one large NYC landlord — Glenwood Management, which runs 26 luxury high-rises — told tenants to permanently remove any e-bikes. "Our leases are also being amended to state that residents and/or their guests are prohibited from having an e-bike in their apartment," Glenwood's notice to tenants said. "Additionally, we will not store or maintain them anywhere else on the premises."
E-bikes and e-scooters are already banned from FDNY buildings. Other cities have their own rules — in London, for instance, they're barred from buses, subways and the Palace of Westminster, where Parliament meets.
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THAT sounds like a great ride!
‘06 deuce here, 30k miles on her and she’s beautiful (too many upgrades to list) with the radical paint set, though am getting tired of chasing chrome. As the chrome goes, I’ll be powder coating.
It’s a shame to sell her for $5k after >$35k to set her up, so I’ll keep her.
...maybe I’ll convert her to electric.
Then ride over to twin peaks for controversy and witness the police kill box funnel.
::snicker::
Are there any tips on roasting a turkey using a e-bike?
Not everyone can do everything; for example, I can’t dance.
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