New York City wants lithium-ion e-bike batteries to be stopped at the border when they don’t meet national safety standards after rash of deadly fires::After a series of deadly fires.

  • negativeyoda@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Bike shop worker here: not only are the direct to consumer Asian eBikes shoddily built pieces of shit with proprietary parts galore, but we refuse to intake non mainstream brands’ eBikes for this reason. Worst shit

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      1 year ago

      Yeah I have the feeling a lot of them are as bad or in some cases worse than bicycles upfitted with gas engines.

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      1 year ago

      I bet people got super upset when they heard what replacement parts cost. Also, these e-bikes are heavy AF. No way you could just put them on the work stand.