A man has been taken to hospital in serious condition after his e-bike caught on fire aboard a subway train in Toronto Sunday afternoon, according to police.

It’s most typical for fires to start when the battery is being charged. For it to catch fire just sitting there either means it was damaged or was some shoddy, not-certified, battery that shouldn’t have been sold in Canada.

This could have ended up much worse.

  • Smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    I would imagine that it’s enforced at the retail level, retailers must sell only UL certified units.

    You’ll never fully get around people ordering cheap crap off Alibaba.

    • Showroom7561OP
      1·
      1 year ago

      So frustrating. It’s the cheap crap that’s bursting into flames. So of we are going to spend millions on these rules, have consumers pay more for certified products, yet still have these junk batteries floating around in public, are we really getting ahead?