e-scooters

The proposal comes amid a sharp rise in e-bike and e-scooter related fires in Australia.

The Australian Automobile Association is concerned e-scooter deaths and injuries are slipping under the radar.

The by-law could also impose a ban on the storage of cheaper imported, modified, or damaged e-bikes in apartments.

“We’re taking a considered and evidence-based approach to e-scooters in Victoria,” Victoria’s minister for public transport.