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New York City wants lithium-ion e-bike batteries to be stopped at the border when they don’t meet national safety standards after rash of deadly fires (fortune.com)

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New York City wants lithium-ion e-bike batteries to be stopped at the border when they don’t meet national safety standards after rash of deadly fires::After a series of deadly fires.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We really need a better battery technology, one that doesn't trivially become an incendiary device.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There has actually been a ton of progress with this over the last decade.

However, everything we have discovered so far either can't hold as much energy, has really limited charge cycles, or is far too expensive to use at scale.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ton of progress?

I would refer to that as "research ongoing but no progress yet".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Current 18650/21700 Li-ion cells are a lot safer than they were 10+ years ago, less chance of thermal runaway and fires now.