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Rad Power Bikes debuts fire-resistant batteries — and four new e-bike models
Rad Power Bikes wants to spur the rest of the industry to follow its lead.
Today, the company is announcing four new models with new state-of-the-art batteries designed to better prevent malfunctions that can cause the types of fires that are becoming increasingly common among cheaper e-bike brands. “The reason for that resin is to help thermal propagation,” said Sarah Bruce Courtney, head of product development at Rad Power Bikes, in an interview. In New York City alone, where tens of thousands of delivery workers ride around on e-bikes every day, dozens of people have been killed in fires linked to faulty lithium-ion batteries.
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