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HenryKrinkle t1_iuf54k9 wrote

Reply to comment by LegitimateCrows in Fires from exploding e-bike batteries multiply in NYC — sometimes fatally by zsreport

You can't put this on the customers. They can't be expected to know a bike they got a good price on is gonna fucking explode. And they could spend 3x the price and still have no guarantee that corners aren't being cut. It's completely the responsibility of the manufacturer to deliver a safe product.

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LegitimateCrows t1_iufjv93 wrote

It starts there though. Everything has been boiled down to quantity at cheap versus quality for a bit more money. Nearly everything.

I work in the bike industry. When you tell a customer “this battery is $800 and is name brand cells that are quality and that one is $200 prone to failure much more often” they are 8 out of 10 willing to “roll the dice” on it. And it often isn’t even about the money. They take the spare $600 and buy 2 more of the cheap batteries as “backups” to “extend the range” that they don’t need to pedal their lazy selves.

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sanbikinoraion t1_iuh5ggc wrote

"Prone to fail" is not the same as "could explode and kill you". And still some people don't have the money to make the good choice. This is about regulation.

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