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.
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.
Is this an American thing? In Europe we have regulated batteries and chargers made by well known companies like LG, Samsung and Panasonic.
People in Europe can easily buy cheap shit from wish.com and whatever that new one is and import them, also you’ll get them on ebay from people that just importing in bulk. They will certainly have a nice FCC and CE sticker on them. But, no they’re most certainly not certified!
Cheaply made non conforming electronics has been a thing for decades now. But until now it’s generally been power supplies that pollute the radio waves with noise (and might go pop one day, but probably not cause a fire). Now we’re messing with lithium based batteries without the proper safety circuits you see on property certified stuff. They can cause serious self fueling fires that are hard to put out.
In short, in Europe I would only trust something I bought on a retailer with a national presence and definitely NOT ebay.
You can find these in the US but they’re a lot more expensive so folks always save the 50% to buy the no brand trash that breaks in a month to one year and is also a chemical bomb.