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eScooters catching fire. More regulation needed?
DavidAlfa:
Here they've been recently banned from any public transportation (Bus, train, subway...) after several incidents.
Anyways I'm pretty sure those were causing by the owners themselves, there's too much DIY without any safety, chinese batteries, tweaking (Overpowering) the motors...
nctnico:
--- Quote from: tautech on January 18, 2023, 09:56:13 am ---Or you could just determine lithium battery technology is not mature yet and give it a wide berth.
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That is not the problem. The problem is in crappy components and poor electronics design. Or put differently: low quality products.
BravoV:
--- Quote from: VK3DRB on January 18, 2023, 05:22:58 am ---
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Even with regulation, companies like Amazon still get away with importing non-compliant goods from China, and eBay is the wild west. Is there a better way to guarantee dangerous product like some eScooters don't find their way into the hands of consumers? I don't have an answer, other than customs inspections and fines for importers who violate strict safety regulations in the future.
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Easy answer, makes you (depends though) ... feel good >:D ..
... those darn commie bad Chinamen making crappy stuff "all the times" ....
.. but this won't solve the problem. And only the smart ones knew this. :-DD
True answer that will definitely solve the problem, only smart ones aware of this, but most keep silent, which is ...
More regulations are useless and utterly stupid, let alone fines, as these is nothing for those rich & powerful importers/resellers/brokers (eg: Wall-mart, Costco or Amazon), as these people should be prosecuted with jail time and huge fine, say half of the annual sales value, that how you solve the problem, as the crappy cheap China's stuffs was ordered at bottom dollars price, heck, even one eScooter can be manucfatured with the cost of half a dollar, they will order those evil commie Chinese to make it, import it and sell as they know their customers majority are cheapskates. >:D
thm_w:
Wonder if its worse in AUS due to higher ambient temperatures. Or this is just the same failure rate as everywhere else.
--- Quote from: tom66 on January 18, 2023, 10:16:14 am ---There's already a decent amount of regulation on Li-Ion batteries, that you need to comply with if you import these things.
Thing is, many of these importers are breaking the law but are set up in such a way that the directors escape consequence. Need more effort to be expended there.
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Yes, tons of regulations exist that aren't heavily enforced. Mandatory warranties, etc. would be nice to have, but, as you say they simply setup a shell company to import the product and can shut it down if needed.
More inspection and testing of incoming goods would be amazing, but there just aren't enough resources, and who will pay for it?
From the article:
"He said that with most battery cells imported from overseas, he would ultimately like to see government-led testing that could inform consumers. "So that consumers could look up a type of cell, its manufacturer, and check whether or not these cells can be trustworthy.""
hmm even if you have the best cells, can't a bad BMS still cause them to explode? you'd want to certify the whole pack.
mc172:
--- Quote from: tautech on January 18, 2023, 09:56:13 am ---Or you could just determine lithium battery technology is not mature yet and give it a wide berth.
Caveat Emptor.
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By the same reasoning then, we can determine that hydrocarbon technology is not mature yet because some car crashes result in fuel fires.
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