NYC DOT to announce first steps toward citywide e-bike battery swapping stations

"The New York City Department of Transportation says it is beginning the process of launching 25 e-bike battery swapping stations citywide. It says Downtown Brooklyn and Williamsburg are some of the locations across the city being considered with a high volume of delivery workers. The goal is to make delivery workers' lives easier but also keep the public safe from fires caused by e-bikes. They say the stations will be equipped with things like fire suppression and system monitoring."

""It lessens the fire hazard of people storing them improperly under poor conditions so that's a great factor," said Dunning."

"The FDNY says so far this year, there have been 249 fires caused by lithium-ion batteries, 42 injuries from those fires and one death."

NYC DOT is beginning the process to launch 25 e-bike battery swapping stations across the city. Downtown Brooklyn and Williamsburg are among locations being considered because of high volumes of delivery workers. The stations aim to make delivery workers' lives easier and reduce public risk from e-bike fires. Each station will include fire suppression and system monitoring. An e-bike rider, Leslie Dunning, said the program lessens fire hazards caused by improper battery storage under poor conditions. FDNY reports 249 fires so far this year caused by lithium-ion batteries, resulting in 42 injuries and one death.

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