Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries are increasingly providing a backbone for the climate-inspired electrification of everything. But reports of fires believed to be caused by them have increased and so have the number of bills calling on more regulation.
“From Jan. 1, 2021 through Nov. 28, 2022, CPSC received reports of at least 208 micromobility fire or overheating incidents from 39 states, resulting in at least 19 fatalities.”Low quality products and lack of market regulations have emerged as a key factor in the fires.
“The problem arises when those batteries are poorly designed, poorly manufactured and poorly handled,” Torres said. “And, for me, the scandal is not that the federal government is failing to regulate the safety of lithium ion batteries. The scandal is that the federal government is not even trying.” "After COVID started, scooter use went dramatically up, especially in places like New York City, for deliveries," Steve Kerber, vice president and executive director of Underwriters Laboratory's Fire Safety Research Institute
. "People started to get overcharged for them and turned to manufacturers which happened to have lower quality control with the battery systems. The quality manufacturers are not having issues."to the CPSC asking it to begin “seizing imported devices at the ports that fail minimum industry standards, levying penalties against manufacturers who fail to inform CPSC of hazards posed by their products, and seeking additional recalls of unsafe products.
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