when will lithium batteries be banned? a toy has the potential to injure a child, and it is immediately recalled!
the first is just one State in Australia:
26 May: Sydney Morning Herald: Fifty people evacuated after fire at Sydney e-bike store
by Ben Cubby
Residents from the three-storey Axis apartments building above the shop were evacuated by firefighters wearing breathing apparatus. No injuries were reported...
There have been almost 100 lithium-ion battery fires recorded in (New South Wales)NSW so far this year at an average of 5.7 per week, according to Fire and Rescue NSW which describes the issue as “the fastest growing fire risk in NSW”...
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/fifty-people-evacuated-after-fire-at-sydney-e-bike-store-20240526-p5jgmz.html
16 May: CarScoops: BYD Reportedly Sees 10th Showroom Fire Since 2021 As Store Burns Down In China
BYD blames old wiring in the store’s roof for the fire, but reports indicate that its showrooms catch fire pretty frequently
by Sebastien Bell
from the above: BYD Store fires including factories:
In October 2021, a fire broke out in a BYD 4S store in Hainan.
In April 2022, a fire broke out in a BYD 4S store in Shaoguan, Guangdong.
In May 2022, a fire broke out in the after-sales workshop of a BYD 4S store in Hengshui, Hebei Province.
On July 9, 2022, a fire broke out in a BYD 4S store in Xingning District, Nanning City, Guangxi.
On November 18, 2022, a fire broke out in BYD’s Phase 3 F6 factory building in Daya Bay West District.
On December 8, 2022, a BYD 4S store caught fire near Gongye Road in Erqi District, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province.
On June 1, 2023, a fire broke out in the material area of Workshop No. 1 at BYD’s Pangguan production base.
In May 2023, a fire broke out in a BYD 4S store in Jiangmen, Guangdong.
In December 2023, a fire broke out in a BYD 4S store in Tiexi District, Shenyang, Liaoning.
On December 18, 2023, a fire broke out in the BYD 4S store in Xinmaoyuan, Chengdu, Sichuan.
On December 30, 2023, a fire broke out in the exhibition hall of a BYD 4S store in Changhua, Binzhou, Shandong.
Never. There are BILLIONS of Li-Ion powered devices in use in America that never gave nobody any grief.