Posted on 07/27/2023 3:38:46 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
A new report by charity Electrical Safety First has said e-bike and e-scooter batteries should be regulated like fireworks and heavy machinery, which require third-party approval before going on sale.
A man has described the moment a fire ripped through his home after the battery for his son's e-bike "exploded like a grenade" in the middle of the night.
Andrew Beaton, 59, said his family were "lucky" to escape after the bike, bought online for his son last Christmas, burst into flames while charging under the stairs.
The blaze ripped through his Lancaster home at astonishing speed, momentarily trapping his wife and daughter upstairs and gutting the entire property within minutes.
"It took the fire brigade four or five minutes, that's all, and the house had gone," he told Sky News.
The incident was just one in a series of recent incidents associated with e-bike and e-scooter batteries, which have prompted warnings from fire brigades.
The government is now facing calls to crack down on the types of batteries used to power the vehicles.
A new report by charity Electrical Safety First has said they should be regulated like fireworks and heavy machinery, which require third-party approval before going on sale.
At the moment, lithium-ion batteries used in e-bikes and e-scooters can go on sale with only the manufacturer's declaration that they meet safety standards.
That is the case for many electrical goods, but exceptions exist for pyrotechnics, medical kit, and heavy machinery.
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Ebikes exploding... EVs sinking ships... Maybe it’s time to admit these things are crap. Dangerous crap that the government has no business trying to force onto the consumer.
“..Ebikes exploding... EVs sinking ships... Maybe it’s time to admit these things are crap. Dangerous crap that the government has no business trying to force onto the consumer....”
^THIS^
Let the free market decide what consumers want, not some insane govt bureaucrat out to save the world.
Imagine Greta Thunberg and Algore's heads exploding with a boatload of EVs burning in a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
If on a bad date, that could be considered a feature.
“...regulation...”
Gummit is joyful about this aspect, nothing good will come out of it.
But, they are the ones pushing EV everything. That needs to be stopped.
But, they are the ones pushing EV everything. That needs to be stopped.
Just like the Soviet science official said at the Chernobyl hearings: “Science requires victims”.
How many tulips must the Dutch plant to offset this disaster?
They’re going to try their best to NOT denigrate ebikes as they need them around long enough to at least claim people have options, until the day when gasoline cars prohibited for good.
The Netherlands was already forcibly closing 3000 farms to comply with enviro mandates (Nov. 2022). Looks like they will need to dig up more tulip bulbs now, and import more food previously grown domestically.
But, but, but, they’re environmentally friendly and are the wave of the future! The ecoterrorists say so!
If EVs existed in 1969, Ted Kennedy might have become President.
Coming to a car near you.
Thanks for posting. I saw lots of ebikes in Oceanside, California recently.
“...until the day when gasoline cars prohibited for good.”
“Recent events have shown us that battery development has not progressed as much as we’d hoped. The batteries pose too great a threat from fire. And as science has proven, internal combustion engines pose an existential threat to our planet. There is no rational reason why people need to live more than a few miles from work, recreation, shopping, etc.—easy walking and biking distances. Street cars and high-speed rail can cover longer distances. Think of it as advancing to the mid 19th century!”
/s
Do airlines screen for this type (all types) of exploding batteries in checked baggage? Can they even detect them? Sure hope so.
Yeah, that’ll fix everything, regulate them batteries, require more inspectors and inspections.
Whatever.
Take a pile of penlight batteries and try to interconnect them as one with hundreds if not thousands of connections and rely on a cooling system and heating system controlled by some microprocessor to manage the mess and see what you get. Unreliable comes to mind.
The Ebike fire problems seem to happen only with cheap replacement batteries (mostly Chinese) ordered online. The batteries supplied as originally fitted to Ebike motors from the main European brands (Bosch etc) are fully tested and apparently safe.
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