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Bordeaux based Gouach is to make its “fireproof” e-bike battery directly available to consumers. The Gouach Infinite Battery is said to be compatible with 90% of e-bikes and is designed to be repairable by owners themselves. As we reported last year, with more and more owners finding themselves in the position of needing to replace worn-out old e-bike batteries, Gouach has decided to challenge this model of obsolescence with a solderless design that allows worn-out cells to be easily repl...| electric bike reviews, buying advice and news - ebiketips
Charity Electrical Safety First (ESF) has said it’s concerned “incomplete” kits are leaving consumers to fit incompatible batteries and chargers, increasing the risk of fire, the BBC has reported. Product safety engineer Giuseppe Capanna said that some parts might be missing when people buy kits online. “They might include the motor, and the controller, but won’t always include the two most important bits - the battery and charger. That leaves it to the consumer to work out which pr...| electric bike reviews, buying advice and news - ebiketips
The Bicycle Association (BA) has said retailers “need to be ready to explain” how reputable e-bikes and batteries are safe, with most now refusing to work on unbranded or unknown battery packs. E-bikes and e-scooters have become the capital’s “fastest growing fire risk”, according to the London Fire Brigade, however many of these have involved second-hand vehicles, or the bike has been modified using parts bought online. There have been reports that some insurers are declining cover...| electric bike reviews, buying advice and news - ebiketips
Privately-owned e-scooters are now set to be legalised - but they aren't legal yet. In fact new legislation has been pushed back again and again and again. So when it comes to e-scooters, what is legal and what is illegal right now? A blanket ban on riding e-scooters on UK roads and cycle lanes was lifted in July 2020 to allow for trials of rented scooters covered by a motor vehicle insurance policy. These rental schemes, which are being run by a number of operators in towns and cities up and...| electric bike reviews, buying advice and news - ebiketips
With e-bike and e-scooter fire safety hitting the headlines recently (including several times here at ebiketips), you might be forgiven for thinking that light electric vehicles are inherently dangerous. That's far from the truth. As we noted in our article on e-bike batteries, "... just 0.011% of bikes and scooters on the market set on fire last year." That said, there is clearly an emerging problem at the cut price end of the market with cheap and potentially unreliable batteries and charge...| electric bike reviews, buying advice and news - ebiketips