NYC gets $25M for e-bike charging stations, seeking to prevent deadly battery fires

New York City is receiving $25 million in emergency funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation to establish scores of new e-bike charging stations across the city. Mayor Eric Adams announced the funding Sunday. He said he hopes the stations will provide a safer way for delivery workers to recharge lithium batteries used to power their bicycles. The announcement comes after a lithium ion battery caught fire last week at an e-bike shop in Manhattan’s Chinatown and send fire and thick smoke to apartments above the shop, killing four people. New York City has seen over 100 fires and 13 deaths this year linked to e-bikes.