Electric Bikes Have a Small Problem: They Keep Bursting Into Flames

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Electric Bikes Have a Small Problem: They Keep Bursting Into Flames
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'When they fail, they fail like a blowtorch.'

Electric bicycles are meant to be a boon for green transit — but their occasionally volatile batteries are causing issues both in terms of actual safety and the realm of public perception.in a gutting new story about the risk of e-bike battery fires, the Fire Department of New York has investigated 174 battery fires so far in 2022, which is going on double from 2021, and quadruple from 2020.

The batteries have also been known to leak electrolytes from the battery's core, which can sets off a dangerous chain reaction resulting in a blaze.

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