Mother calls for more regulations on e-bike batteries after daughter's death
By Alpa Patel & Liz JacksonThe mother of a 21-year-old woman who died in a fire thought to be caused by a converted e-bike battery is calling for more government regulation.
"Sofia loved life, she loved to party and she enjoyed her job working behind the bar at a nightclub. Now all I have left is my daughter's ashes." The brigade added such conversion kits enable people to add an electric motor to their bikes, but not all of them are sold with a battery. Cheaper batteries sold online do not necessarily adhere to UK safety regulations, and are more likely to fail and present an increased fire risk, it added.
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