From Watts Up With That?

Essay by Eric Worrall

h/t strativarius I guess union members watched those terrifying videos of e-bikes spontaneously exploding into white hot fireballs.

Tube drivers threaten to strike unless Sadiq Khan bans e-bikes from TfL network amid fire risks

The union Aslef has threatened strike action over Sadiq Khan’s unwillingness to ban e-bikes from the London Underground network despite them causing severe fire risks.

The warning comes after an explosion at Rayners Lane station occurred on February 27, which saw an e-bike catch fire on a platform, sending toxic fumes across the station.

The union has now argued that e-bikes pose the same fire risk as e-scooters, which were banned from the tube in 2021 due to their lithium batteries. 

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An internal London Underground investigation concluded that the e-bike was “only moments away from boarding the train”. 

…Read more:

 https://www.gbnews.com/lifestyle/cars/tube-drivers-strike-sadiq-khan-e-bikes-tfl-fire-risks

WUWT has repeatedly covered how deadly e-bikes and e-scooters can be.

Deadly E-Bikes: Four Explosions in New York Every Week

E-vehicle explosions can be terrifying – imagine this happening on a packed underground commuter train.

I was on the London Underground during the July 7th terrorist attack. I wasn’t on one of the trains which was attacked, but the train I was on went through the smoke cloud.

It didn’t take long for me to figure out what I was smelling, and what had likely happened. Luckily there was a delay in shutting down the cellular system, just long enough for me to phone my wife and let her know I was OK after I reached the surface.

Let us hope politicians find the courage to start banning dangerous e-batteries in enclosed spaces. The thought of politicians willing to risk inflicting such an experience on innocent people, not because they are terrorists, but simply because they are too stubborn to put safety ahead of green zealotry, this fills me with horror and disgust.