A version of this article ran in the December issue of Bicycle Retailer & Industry News.
By Paul Tolme
The federal Consumer Product Safety Commission should take a more active stance in regulating electric bike batteries and electronics to reduce fire risk and enhance safety, according to the head of Bosch eBike Systems in North America.
Speaking at the Austin Electrify Expo last month, Claudia Wasko urged federal regulators to mandate testing and compliance standards for the entire e-bike electronics system — not just the batteries.
In a follow-up interview with BRAIN, Wasko said Bosch would “appreciate the CPSC becoming more involved in the topic of safety standards’’ for e-bikes, just as they did for hoverboards in 2018.
Federal regulations were among the topics Wasko discussed in a Q&A that included differences in the European versus the American e-bike marketplace,…
Bosch calls for greater federal oversight of e-bike electronics and batteries
