New York City trying to find a solution to e-scooter and e-bike battery fires
wrote, and officials disagree on how to solve the issue.
In New York City, e-bikes and e-scooters were responsible for 216 fires, 147 injuries, and six deaths in 2022,, and 2023's tally stands at 30 fires, 40 injuries, and two deaths as of February 27. This is a relatively recent problem: New York City legalized these so-called last-mile transportation options in 2020, and they became increasingly common during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dealing with hoards of e-scooters littering sidewalks and other structures throughout the Big Apple is a minor inconvenience compared to the potentially deadly threat of a battery catching on fire, and lawmakers haven't quite figured out what do to about this problem.
"All it takes is for one small battery cell to be defective, overcharged or damaged, and a tremendous amount of energy is released in the form of heat and toxic flammable gases all at once," Daniel Murray, the Fire Department’s chief of hazmat operations, toldNot everyone is waiting for decision-makers to solve the problem; some folks and companies are taking the matter into their own hands.
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