Hochul signs bills to extinguish deadly e-bike battery fires that killed 18 in NYC

Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a package of bills Thursday that ban dangerous substandard batteries she said are linked to nearly 270 fires that killed 18 people across New York City in the last year alone.

“We’re taking the first steps to extinguish the scourge of lithium-ion battery fires here in New York City.”Fires linked to shoddy lithium-ion batteries have exploded in recent years, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic popularity of e-bikes often used by delivery workers hired by apps such as DoorDash, officials have said.

Fire investigators as of June launched probes into 89 lithium-ion battery blazes so far this year, according to FDNY data.The laws require e-bikes, mopeds and other micro-mobility devices to sport a bright red tag explicitly warning that they should be unplugged once fully charged, as well as imposes a fleet of safety measures for emergency responders and sellers.

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