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New York City wants lithium-ion e-bike batteries to be stopped at the border when they don’t meet national safety standards after rash of deadly fires (fortune.com)
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New York City wants lithium-ion e-bike batteries to be stopped at the border when they don’t meet national safety standards after rash of deadly fires::After a series of deadly fires.

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[–] Epicurus0319 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Reminds me of what the hoverboard craze of the mid-10s resulted in, products with a bunch of shoddily-assembled components that turn the batteries into bombs making it onto store shelves faster than the new thing powered by said batteries can get new safety guidelines released for it

[–] KeyserSoze61 17 points 1 year ago

Imagine reading this in the 80s - we would have thought that Back to the Future was prophetic.