Showing posts with label ebikes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ebikes. Show all posts
May 17, 2025

CPSC withdraws the notice of proposed rulemaking to establish a safety standard for lithium-Ion batteries used in mobility products

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In recent weeks, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) voted three to two to move forward with a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR)...
September 4, 2024

Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) fall update 2024

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Federal law requires each agency to publish, twice a year, a regulatory agenda of regulations under development or review during the next ye...
May 13, 2024

Setting Consumer Standards for Lithium-Ion Batteries Act HR 1797 (April 2024)

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UPDATE 5/16/24 So basically a day after I post this it passes through the House committee...next steps unclear..But as you know before bills...
March 11, 2024

Effective March 7, 2024, new fire code legislation takes effect for lithium-ion batteries for Powered Mobility Devices in San Francisco.

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Following New York City in 2023 the city of San Francisco has developed a new fire code in effect as of March 7 regarding the use and chargi...
July 8, 2023

Congress tries to force CPSC to create mandatory standards for lithium batteries under the "Setting Consumer Standards for Lithium-Ion Batteries Act” introduced in March 2023

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As we all know CPSC has been trying for force manufactures of e bikes and other related mobility devices to use existing UL standards in the...
June 5, 2023

CPSC Lithium-Ion Battery Safety; Notice of Meeting on July 27 2023 and Request for Comments

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UPDATE 8/1/23: Today I received a Federal Register notice of the CPSC's "Semiannual Regulatory Agenda" just days after the m...
December 28, 2022

Class three (3) e bikes in CA now must be specifically prohibited on an equestrian trail, or hiking or recreational trail.

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I am not sure why or who (outside the legislature) initiated this California bill in Feb. 2022. The purpose is to allow class 3 bikes anywhe...
August 12, 2020

California Bill alert; AB-1286 Shared mobility devices: agreements (2019-2020) (AB 371 2022)

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UPDATE 6/21/22. This bill was renumbered to AB 371 and CAL Bike does not like the insurance requirements. Quite a few provisions have been a...
May 3, 2020

Opinion: Issue Of Ebikes On Federal Lands Far From Over [reprinted with permission from cyclevolta.com 4-20]

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[reprinted with permission from www.cyclevolta.com April 2020; direct link to original article here ] Current rulemaking to raise more...
January 24, 2014

Legal analysis: Confusion over electric bike regulations

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Published July 29, 2013 in Bicycle Retailer and Industry News Republished with permission by Steven W Hansen After reading two article...