First off: every single one of those fires was an electric scooter, not an "ebike." https://www.bicycleretailer.com/industry-news/2022/04/26/approximately-none

First off: every single one of those fires was an electric scooter, not an "ebike." https://www.bicycleretailer.com/industry-news/2022/04/26/approximately-none-recent-e-bike-fires-new-york-involved-e-bike https://www.bicycleretailer.com/industry-news/2022/04/26/app... Second: NYFD is one of if not the busiest fire department in the world because it's a city of nearly 9 million people. They respond to 36,500 fires a year. That means that the e-scooter fires represent 0.7% of the total number of fires they respond to. To further put things in perspective: roughly 160 people die per day in NYC.