Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Lithium-Ion Batteries

Grubhub is partnering with JOCO to provide free e-bikes to delivery workers. Photo: Grubhub

Second Delivery Company Steps Up to Help Workers Avoid Deadly Lithium-Ion Fires

By Julianne Cuba | Apr 26, 2023 | No Comments

Another tech giant is now stepping up to help delivery workers access safe e-bikes amid a scourge of deadly fires linked to faulty lithium-ion batteries — a week after Uber unveiled two trade-in programs to swap out bad power packs.

Delivery Apps Should ‘Step Up’ to Help Workers Avoid Deadly Lithium-Ion Fires, City Says

By Julianne Cuba | Apr 18, 2023 | No Comments

City Hall is "very much aligned in spirit” with the proposed buyback program.

Finally! Uber Helps Fund Two Battery Buy-Back Programs

By Julianne Cuba | Apr 11, 2023 | No Comments

The San Francisco-based tech giant, which so far has remained relatively silent on an issue that has blazed through the city, is helping fund the two separate pilot programs both aimed at improving access to safe e-bikes and batteries.

"Something has to be done," Mayor Adams said about electric car fires. Photo: Morris County Fire (main)

EXCLUSIVE: City to Ban Teslas, Citing Lithium-Ion Battery Fires

By Gersh Kuntzman | Apr 1, 2023 | No Comments

The Adams administration will issue an emergency order today, April 1, barring the owners of Teslas and other lithium-ion powered cars from driving their vehicles into the five boroughs, citing the well-documented danger that the batteries pose to the general public.

The Department of Investigation wants NYCHA to "limit" e-mobility devices on its property. File photo: Noah Martz

Dept. of Investigation Tells NYCHA: Protect Tenants, But Don’t Ban E-Bikes

By Julianne Cuba | Mar 31, 2023 | No Comments

"Electric/battery-powered transportation pose[s] a significant risk of fire when stored or charged in enclosed spaces," the agency said in a report, but did not call for a ban.

Education is needed to push back on the "demonization" of e-bikes, according to pols.

State Pols Call on DOTs to Counter E-Bike ‘Demonization’

By Kevin Duggan | Mar 10, 2023 | No Comments

Inaction by the two agencies could give state lawmakers or local municipalities a political opening to ban e-bike and e-scooter use completely on safety grounds, the group of state senators warned.

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