Fire services say e-bike and scooter charging probably caused several fatal fires. Insurer says battery fires up by nearly 50%. Six people died in a fire, Novi Sad, Serbia, August 2024, possibly caused by an e-scooter charging. A mother and two children died in a fire...
Literature survey finds five published studies on personal mobility device (PMD) fires with 185 burn injuries. The studies from Singapore, Israel, China and France, covering burn injuries from e-bike and e-scooter fires, suggest that fires are often from unattended...
Data suggests that hybrid cars are more than twice as likely catch fire as gasoline engine cars, whereas fully electric vehicles show a much lower risk of fire. The information published by is based on US data for 2020 and 2021 from the National Transportation Safety...
Review of physical and solvent recycling of automotive plastics underlines complexity of sorting and technical challenges. An average car today in 2019 contained already c. 160 kg of plastics (nearly 9% of its weight), of which around 50% in the car interior, nearly...
Intumescent PIN flame retardant reduces fire risk and smoke in polyurethane seats achieving railway safety standards. The Adeka PIN FR at 0 – 60% loading in resin inserts in foam seat material was compared to magnesium and bromine based flame retardants and to neat...
