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.
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.
For what its worth, cheap labor markets and China especially are perfectly capable of building safe products. Most high end brands make their stuff in China. And Chinese engineers are very capable of making safe products. The issue is there isn’t motivation other than a foreign country with foreign engineers probing them and pushing them to make a product the right way. Otherwise they can drop ship it cheaply with no brand, no warranty, no risk and the only exchange that matters is the sale and then they’re free of all obligation. Companies with a brand need to stand behind it and are at legal risk so the stakes are completely different.