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THE CITY Nov 22,22
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Dear New Yorkers,
E-bikes
are everywhere these days, often carrying your latest food order from
block to block. And with them come a worrying trend: more fires
involving the batteries that power them.
Badly
maintained lithium-ion batteries used with the cheap transportation
devices have led to a big uptick in fires — especially in the one- and
two-story homes in working-class neighborhoods of Queens, Brooklyn and
The Bronx.
THE
CITY obtained the locations of all e-bike battery-related fires in the
city, and the map of them shows a string of places where delivery
workers live: Corona, Sunset Park, Morrisania and the Lower East Side,
among other places.
We
talked to experts about what causes the dangerous fires (answer: poor
care and unregulated products) and what e-bike riders can do to stay
safe.
Read more here.
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