1 E-Bike or Scooter Catching Fire Each Week: Bans Likely for Low-Quality Devices from Apartments

The proposal comes amid a sharp rise in e-bike and e-scooter related fires in Australia.
1 E-Bike or Scooter Catching Fire Each Week: Bans Likely for Low-Quality Devices from Apartments
Electric bicycles are parked on a sidewalk in Milan, Italy, on March 22, 2023. Gabriel Bouys/AFP via Getty Images
Alfred Bui
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Australian apartment residents may face restrictions on storing cheap, imported or damaged electric scooters, bikes, and skateboards in their homes as strata owners advocate for stricter regulations to address growing fire hazards associated with lithium batteries.

Australia’s peak body representing strata owners launched a number of proposed by-laws regulating the use of battery-powered mobility devices in apartment buildings during a seminar held on Feb. 15.

Alfred Bui
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