Alert is issued about e-bike batteries causing ‘fire and substantial property damage’
After fires causing property damage, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a publicsafety alert about two models of e-bike batteries.
The CPSC said the lithium-ion Unit Pack Power “U004” or “U004-1” batteries threaten to bring “serious injury and death” to users after 13 reports in the U.S. that “the battery overheated, including seven reports of fire and substantial property dam“Consumers age.”
“The batteries have not been certified by an accredited laboratory to the applicable UL (Underwriters Laboratories) safety standard to ensure protections,” the agency said.
The batteries have been sold through the company website, as well as Amazon, Walmart, eBay, AliExpress and DHgate.
The CPSC says Chinabased Shenzhen Unit Pack Power Technology Co.
Ltd., doing business as Unit Pack Power/UPP, “has refused to conduct an acceptable recall.”
should stop use and dispose of the batteries in accordance with any local and state ordinances, following the procedures established by your municipal recycling center for damaged/defective/recalled lithium batteries,” the CPSC said. “Do not throw this battery in the trash. Do not deposit this battery in used battery recycling boxes found at various retail and home improvement stores.”
Unit Pack Power can be reached through its website.