Aiming to reduce the number of fires sparked by lithium-ion batteries that power e-bikes, the city is making delivery workers an offer it hopes they can’t refuse. The Department of Transportation on Thursday began swapping hundreds of safer e-bikes, chargers and batteries with workers willing to trade in illegal e-bikes, electric mopeds or gas-powered mopeds […]

The post E-Bike ExChange: City Offering New Rides and Batteries for Bad Ones appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News.