NEW YORK — After a series of fires including malfunctioning e-bike batteries consistingof a current blaze that declared 4 lives, New York City authorities revealed Sunday that they are getting a $25 million emergencysituation grant from the federal federalgovernment to fund ratings of charging stations citywide.
Mayor Eric Adams hopes the stations will offer a moresecure method for shipment employees, who rely on e-bikes to effectively do their tasks, to recharge lithium batteries utilized to power their bikes.
“This indicates that homeowners will no longer requirement to charge the e-bikes in their homes — what we discover to be exceptionally hazardous, especially when you charge them overnight,” Adams stated at a news conference Sunday. He was flanked by the state’s 2 U.S. senators who assisted safe the financing from the UnitedStates. Department of Transportation.
The statement comes after a lithium ion battery captured fire and swallowedup an e-bike store in Manhattan’s Chinatown. The fire and thick smoke spread to houses above the store, killing 4 individuals a