City pushing for tighter rules around lithium-ion batteries as fires persist

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-lithium-ion-fire-rules-statistics-9.7215868

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kbal@fedia.io · 3 pts · 78d (5 replies)

e-bikes and other electronic devices

That's an odd choice of words to refer to the category of everything powered by batteries.

kibblebits@quokk.au · 1 pts · 78d
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Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 78d (3 replies)

E-bikes tend to be the worst offenders for these failures.

BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 72d (1 reply)

Of the 54 fires, Ottawa Fire Services says one involved an electric vehicle and five were related to e-bikes or e-bike batteries. Twenty-three of these fires caused significant damage to homes, while 31 were able to be contained with minimal spread.

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Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 71d

Edited. Thanks!

kbal@fedia.io · 0 pts · 78d

It seems like that because the CBC writes stories like this.