Rad Power Bikes filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday, December 15 ahead of selling itself. It also appointed former CFO Angelina Smith as its fourth CEO since 2022. Rad Power is considered the ...

Seattle-based Rad Power Bikes, a pioneer in mass-market e-bikes, filed for bankruptcy protection earlier this week as it continues to look for a buyer amid falling sales and massive debt. Court ...

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Beeping from a smoke alarm abruptly woke Matt Privratsky. Down in the dining room, he found a single e-bike battery on a metal shelf, smoldering in an orange glow. It looked like magma, and the flames ...

Federal safety regulators are warning owners of Rad Power Bikes to stop using certain lithium-ion batteries immediately after reports of explosions. The new information may shed light on the company’s ...

Rad Power Bikes and EZE Ryders were hit with a product liability lawsuit on Dec. 1 in California Superior Court for San Diego County over injuries sustained by a teenage e-bike rider. The suit, ...

The US Consumer Product Safety Commission is warning that some lithium‑ion batteries used in certain e‑bikes made by Rad Power Bikes pose a serious fire hazard that could lead to injury or even death.

Cyclists who ride certain models from a Seattle-based electric bike company should immediately dispose of their bike’s batteries, according to a federal warning. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety ...

Some batteries that power a popular brand of e-bike pose a fire hazard that can cause serious injury or death and shouldn't be used, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said in a notice ...

(Gray News) - Officials are asking people to stop using the lithium-ion batteries for Rad Power Bikes’ e-bikes after receiving 31 reports of fires. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said the ...

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