Another Buttigieg Scandal: Electric Bikes Keep Exploding on His Watch – By Andrew Stiles (Washington Free Beacon) / Mar 8, 2023
Fires caused by lithium-ion batteries have killed 8 and injured almost 200 in New York City alone
What’s happening: The lithium-ion batteries that power electric bikes and scooters keep exploding, starting fires, and killing people.
• Earlier this year, a 63-year-old man was killed and nearly a dozen people injured when an e-scooter battery exploded and ignited a blaze that engulfed a three-story house in Queens, N.Y. Days later, 18 children were injured when an unauthorized day care center, also in Queens, caught fire due to a lithium-ion battery explosion.
• Earlier this month, an electric bike battery sparked a massive blaze in the West Bronx that injured seven people—two seriously—and destroyed a local grocery store.
By the numbers: In 2022, electric bike and scooter batteries caused 216 fires that injured 147 people and killed six in New York City alone. So far this year, the batteries have been blamed for 22 fires resulting in 36 injuries and two deaths in New York City.
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