The Government has published new guidance on how to buy, store and charge e-bikes. The documents put a predictably heavy emphasis on fire safety with particular focus on DIY conversion kits, modifications and replacement parts. A separate document gives safety advice to e-scooter buyers, prefaced by a reminder that only rental e-scooters that are part of official trials can
The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) has issued withdrawal notices to four online marketplaces requiring them to stop selling a "dangerous" e-bike battery manufactured by a company called UPP (Unit Pack Power). Consumers are also being advised not to use the triangle-shaped U004 frame battery which the OPSS said has been linked to a number of fires across
London Fire Brigade (LFB) is backing a petition from the friends and family of 21-year-old Londoner Sofia Duarte who died just over a year ago in a fire believed to have been caused by a converted e-bike’s battery bursting into flames. The 21-year-old died on January 1, 2023 in a flat fire on Old Kent Road, South Bermondsey. Investigators found a bike had been converted into