If you bought a bike in the last year, chances are good it’s an e-bike. Electric bicycles are the fastest-growing type of bike in the U.S. today; in 2021 they surpassed road bikes as the third-biggest ...

After a spate of deadly e-bike battery fires, safe charging stations are coming to New York City public housing projects, electeds announced Sunday. The city is tapping $25 million in federal funds to ...

NEW YORK — New York City is looking to expand its program offering e-bike battery charging stations on city sidewalks. It's an effort to get lithium-ion batteries out of apartments and avoid fires.

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- The fire commissioner announced that the department uncovered an illegal lithium-ion battery charging operation. Laura Kavanagh was joined by other city officials to present ...

"Investigators are going more often to fires and finding that lithium-ion batteries have been on an uptick, causing more ...

The NYC Department of Transportation will soon allow building owners to install outdoor e-bike battery charging cabinets, officials announced Thursday. The refrigerator-sized devices allow e-bike ...

The charging stations will be outside of buildings, in cabinets on the sidewalk. Property owners and tenants with a landlord approval can apply for them. "As more and more New Yorkers turn to e-bikes ...

Edmonton Fire Rescue Services (EFRS) is warning the public of the dangers of lithium-ion batteries after a downtown apartment ...