WASHINGTON — As e-bike and scooter use surges in the District, a new bill aims to protect riders from a rising threat: battery fires. DC Councilmember Charles Allen (Ward 6) introduced the ...

Recent fires in an apartment building on Garden Street in New Rochelle, started by explosions of e-scooter batteries, has fire officials warning residents about the dangers of lithium-ion batteries.

An electric scooter battery exploded Monday morning, causing a fire at a Northwest Portland apartment complex, Portland Fire & Rescue said. Firefighters quickly put out the fire with a handheld water ...

Safety experts have warned of the “incredible danger” posed by some e-bikes and e-scooters after the number of fires caused by these increasingly popular vehicles soared to a record high last year.

Lime, the world’s largest bike and scooter-sharing company, is taking a big step toward sustainability. The company just announced a new partnership with Redwood Materials to recycle the lithium-ion ...

Redwood Materials, which recycles old lithium-ion batteries, can gather enough material to make one electric vehicle battery from 130 recycled e-scooter or e-bike batteries. And it will be able to do ...

Fire investigators looking into the cause of the March 14 blaze that claimed three lives identified a lithium-ion ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — New Haven fire officials said heavy smoke was visible after an e-scooter battery caught fire in a Yale University robotics lab Thursday morning. Crews were dispatched to the ...

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The charges reflect tighter oversight of the e-scooter market, where illegal battery modifications have been linked to fire ...