The hoverboard , the electric scooter or Swagway is fashionable. This two-wheeled contraption has become a sales phenomenon, with the help of the many celebrities who have put their feet up, from Justin Bieber to Brooklyn Beckham.
And it could be placed at number one of the Christmas requests.
However, this weekend was learned that the online retail giant Amazon, decided to stop selling the most brands until they meet certain safety requirements .
According to the site of consumption Best Reviews , Amazon decided to remove from its list of popular scooters with immediate effect.
But why? One reason was an accident this weekend: a child died when it crashed into a bus in south London when he was on one of them, despite the fact that the UK government had banned its circulation through the streets .
But it is not only dangerous to use these devices to operate: Additional batteries catching fire. In the town of Bulkington, in the center of the UK, a girl and her mother were injured after a battery of an electric unicycle suddenly caught fire at home.
Since it is impossible to find Swagway electric scooter, known in English as hoverboards , in the pages of Amazon, while in countries like Australia think prohibit the sale however be dangerous to children.
The fire
The outlook was bleak: the Hancock family house in Bulkington, was completely burned inside because a battery of electric table had and set fire burned just 20 minutes after being charged
And this problem has led beyond the concern about the electric scooters.. the alert spontaneous combustion of batteries
The skateboard works with a system of self-balancing on two wheels that are powered by a lithium-based battery. . But for some design flaw, many of them can not stand the recharging process and catching fire
The cases abound in Alabama, United States, Timothy Cade posted a video on YouTube showing how your electric scooter searing on camera.
A house in Louisiana was also a victim of the flames caused by the batteries of this artifact and ended up being demolished.
“The problem with these devices is that being ‘Christmas fashion’ and with the aim of profitable sales, many producers use cheap batteries that can not stand a lot of activity, “he told Wired magazine Jay Whitacre, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University.
“Many companies in China are producing these lithium batteries that are not of the same quality that make companies like Samsung or LG,” he said.
The lithium explained Whitacre, burn “hard and fast” when hit by the air and this occurs more easily at cheap batteries
One issue that causes controversy is that the price of these products Christmas fame are considerable.: many cost about US $ 300 and some prices reach US $ 1,500.
“The problem is that the drawbacks with batteries only becoming apparent after recharge and discharge the batteries much.”
Swagway
The most affected by the measure is the company Amazon Swagway, one of the largest producers of such devices, besides being one of the first developers.
According to the US firm, Amazon sent a request which required them to “hand over documentation to demonstrate that electric scooters selling on the site met safety standards, including point 38.3 (batteries) UL 1642 (batteries) and UL 60950-1 (charger) “.
” Swagway has always complied with these safety specifications and is pleased with the decision to revise the Amazon battery theme. For us safety is a priority, “the company said in a statement to the journal The Verge.
” We understand the concerns by the fire batteries, so we are taking action so that people clearly identify what is a skateboard Swagway imitations “ said .
So far it is unknown when the veto Amazon will rise to electric scooters.
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