Video shows the rapid sequence of events, from a man stopping with the bike to smoke rising and then flames igniting in under ...

FoI responses collected by insurer show brigades tackled 1,760 battery-linked fires in 2025, up 147% in three years ...

One of the biggest long-term ownership costs with any electric bike is eventually replacing the battery. And if you’ve ...

The battery has long been the weak link of the electric bike. It degrades in the cold, ages poorly with fast charging, and ...

Record number of fires linked to e-bikes and scooters leave fire fighters 'extremely concerned', and calling for tighter ...

Electric bikes were responsible for nearly a third of all calls – 520, to be exact – in the UK last year. Unsurprisingly, retrofitted models were ...

A new report highlights a growing problem with lithium-ion fires, and modified e-bikes in particular.

BENGALURU: A 65-year-old auto driver was burnt alive in his sleep after an electric two-wheeler which he had put to charge ...

Experts warn that when electric cars and their batteries do catch alight, putting them out takes far longer than a fire ...

The decision comes after California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued a consumer alert warning sellers of e-bikes about ...