New Haven fire officials said heavy smoke was visible after an e-scooter battery caught fire in a Yale University robotics ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

There are ways to make e-bike and e-scooter batteries safer, from technological innovations to common sense storage techniques. Safety experts put the blame not so much on the technology behind the ...

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 ...

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E-Went has launched its new electric scooter, the Lightning, featuring a remarkable 160 km range and an introductory price ...