The rechargeable batteries that power common items like e-bikes, scooters and electric cars can pose a dangerous new threat to firefighters. They burn hotter and longer — and many fire departments may ...

After a string of e-bike fires including one last week in Manhattan's Chinatown that killed four people, New York City and state officials warned that some batteries that power the devices could start ...

Serious concerns have been raised over the safety of electric scooters amid reports of battery fires, accidents and patchy insurance coverage.Recent incidents have exposed regulatory gaps, prompting ...

San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin still remembers the night he visited a fire at the Golden Gateway, an apartment complex near the Embarcadero, which is part of the district he ...

Lime, a company behind a fleet of electric scooters that have cropped up in Washington, D.C., and other major cities, announced Tuesday that it recalled some scooters after discovering that they were ...

Dangerous lithium-ion batteries that have caused scores of fires in New York City — taking 18 lives in the process over the past two years — will no longer be allowed to be sold in the U.S. under a ...

Li-Cycle Corp., a lithium-ion battery recycler based in Mississauga, Ontario, and Helbiz, a scooter manufacturer based in New York, have announced a partnership to create a safe and sustainable ...

A fire that erupted in a food market in Brooklyn early Monday has been linked to lithium ion batteries used in e-bikes and scooters, FDNY fire marshals have found. The blaze in the Xin Hao Supermarket ...